National List of Essential Medicines
Every essential medicine in Angola, in a single search.
Look up composition, presentation, level of care and prescription rules. Check interactions, calculate doses and issue verifiable prescriptions.
More than a list
Tools made for those who prescribe, dispense and study medicines.
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Searchable catalogue
Find a medicine by name, national code, composition or presentation, and filter by level of care.
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Interaction checker
Add several medicines and see at once which ones interact, from most to least severe.
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Dose calculator
Doses by weight (mg/kg) and by Clark's and Young's rules, converted to ml.
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Health alerts
Falsifications, defects and bans on medicines and health products, with the ARMED reference and document.
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Where to find it
Pharmacies that listed the medicine as available, with its price, cheapest first.
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Verifiable prescriptions
Issue the prescription, export it as PDF and let the recipient confirm its authenticity with the code.
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Licensed establishments
The official list of licensed pharmacies, distributors, importers and other pharmaceutical establishments in Angola.
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Medicines registered in Angola
The brands registered with ARMED, with manufacturer, holder and registration number.
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By therapeutic class
Browse the catalogue by the WHO ATC classification.
By level of care
See what is authorised at each level of the health system.
Recent health alerts
What changed in the safety of medicines and health products.
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Falsified
Jakavi® (ruxolitinib)
Falsificação do medicamento Jakavi® (ruxolitinib), detetada pela OMS no Irão, na Federação Russa e na Turquia. O produto falsificado apresenta irregularidades na rotulag…
Alerta n.º 006/DG.ARMED/2026 -
Defective
Testes rápidos de diagnóstico de malária, VIH e sífilis (lotes com defeito)
Alerta da OMS sobre defeito em testes rápidos de diagnóstico de malária, VIH e sífilis, com os lotes e referências seguintes: Meriscreen Malaria Pf HRP-II Ag (relação de…
Alerta n.º 007/DG.ARMED/2026 -
Falsified
Botox Cosmetic (onabotulinumtoxina) injectável, lote C7048C4
Falsificação do medicamento injectável Botox Cosmetic (onabotulinumtoxina), identificada pela OMS no lote C7048C4, com validade em 12/2028. O produto usa-se em tratament…
Alerta n.º 008/DG.ARMED/2026
From the blog
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What are essential medicines, and why Angola has a national list
The National List of Essential Medicines gathers the medicines the health system must guarantee at every level of care. See how it works and how to search it.
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Drug interactions explained: four severities
Two medicines taken together can reinforce, cancel or change each other. Learn the four severities and use the interaction checker.
We recommend
Take the LNME with you, with Kuida+
Kuida+ is the health routine app that brings Angola's medicines list (LNME) to the people who use it every day: reminders on time, with “Taken”, “Snooze” and “Skip” right in the notification, allergy and duplicate-ingredient warnings, and the whole family's health in one place.
- Reminders you answer in the notification, even for critical medicines
- Official lists: Angola (LNME), Brazil, Portugal, EU and US
- Family profiles: pregnancy, children's growth and vaccines
- Apple Watch, Siri and Shortcuts
For health professionals
Sign in to issue prescriptions and list your pharmacy's stock, or plug the catalogue into your systems through the API. Accounts are created by the administration.