World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) works to the World Anti-Doping Code and to the World Anti-Doping Programme.

These aim to "protect the athletes' fundamental right to participate in doping-free sport and thus promote health, fairness and equality for athletes worldwide" and to "ensure harmonised, coordinated and effective anti-doping programmes at international and national level with regard to detection, deterrence and prevention of doping". More information is available at

You can download the World Anti-Doping Code from the WADA website - www.wada-ama.org - The same site also has the associated international standards available for download:

• Prohibited List
• International Standard for Testing
• International Standard for Laboratories
• International Standard for Therapeutic Use Exemptions
• International Standard for the Protection of Privacy and Personal Information.