Availability of essential medicines: A primary health care perspective |
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Authors: | Dixit Rohit Vinay M Jayasree T Ubedulla Shaikh Manohar V S Chandrasekhar N |
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Institution: | Department of Pharmacology, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India. |
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Abstract: | The present study was undertaken to assess the availability of the essential medicines to the people of Kunijarla, Khammam district, AP. This was done in two steps: 1) Comparison of PHC-EML (primary health care essential medicines list) with AP-EML (Andhra Pradesh essential medicines list) and NEML (National essential medicines list); and 2) Assessment of availability of the listed medicines in adequate quantity to meet the needs of people of kunijarla. Results showed that the PHC-EML is on par with AP-EML and NEML. The hospital has 100% availability of the listed medicines; however, there was a need for certain add-on drugs like phenytoin tablets, valproic acid, and activated charcoal since they were prescribed frequently and were not included in PHC-EML. All the drugs which were listed in PHC-EML were being used and none were considered as non-utility supply. Suggestions were given for the revision of PHC-EML according to the criteria for identifying medicines for inclusion in the revised list which was mentioned in NEML. |
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Keywords: | Essential medicines list primary health care |
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