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Table 2 Average number and stock out days for MCH priority medicines, Dessie, Ethiopia

From: Availability, price, and affordability of WHO priority maternal and child health medicine in public health facilities of Dessie, north-East Ethiopia

S.N

list of MCH medicines

Number of stock outs (most recent 6 months)

Total number of days of stock outs

1

Amoxicillin: dispersible, scored tablets 250 mg

1

30

2

Ampicillin: powder for injection 500 mg

5

165

3

Ceftriaxone: powder for injection 1 g

7

204

4

Ceftriaxone: powder for injection 500 mg

3

195

5

Gentamicin: injection 40 mg/ml(20 mg/mL)

1

10

6

Morphine: granules injection 10 mg/mL

1

15

7

Oxytocin: injection 10 IU in 1-ml ampoule

1

25

8

Sodium chloride: injectable solution 0.9% isotonic

4

95

9

Sodium lactate compound: injectable (Ringer’s lactate)

4

58

10

Magnesium sulfate: injection 500 mg/ml in 10-ml mL Ampoule

1

30

11

Calcium gluconate injection: 100 mg/ml in 10-ml mL ampoule

1

60

12

Hydralazine: powder for injection 20 mg

1

15

13

Methyldopa: tablet 250 mg

3

90

14

Dexamethasone: injection 4 mg

2

140

15

Tetanus vaccine

1

7

16

Oral contraceptives (pack of 2)

1

60

17

Intrauterine devices and barrier methods (e.g. condoms)

2

90