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Table 2 Availability of priority life-saving medicines used for the treatment of pneumonia, malaria and diarrhea for children under-five in selected health sectors found in Northern Ethiopia, 2016

From: Availability and affordability of priority life-saving medicines for under-five children in health facilities of Tigray region, northern Ethiopia

Illness

WHO recommended priority life-saving medicine and their dosage forms

Percentage (%) of medicine outlets where medicine was found

Public sector (10 outlets)

Private sectors (31 outlets)

Overall (41 outlets)

Pneumonia

Amoxicillin 250 mg capsule

100.0

93.5

95.1

Amoxicillin 500 mg capsule

100.0

100.0

100.0

Ampicillin 250 mg powder for injection

0.0

0.0

0.0

Ampicillin 500 mg powder for injection

60.0

9.7

22.0

Ampicillin 1 g powder for injection

0.0

0.0

0.0

Ceftriaxone 250 mg powder for injection

100.0

6.5

9.8

Ceftriaxone 1 g powder for injection

100.0

81.0

85.4

Gentamicin 40 mg/mL injection

90.0

71.0

75.6

Oxygen medicinal gas

0.0

0.0

0.0

Malaria

Artemisinin combination therapy tablet

60.0

19.4

29.3

Artesunate 50–200 mg injection

40.0

12.9

19.5

Artesunate 50–200 mg suppository

0.0

0.0

0.0

Diarrhea

Zinc 20 mg tablet

90.0

80.6

82.9

ORS, in sachets

90.0

96.8

95.1