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

Table 3 Affordability of WHO prioritize MCH medicines in public health facilities, Dessie, Ethiopia

No	Condition	List of MCH medicines	Treatment schedule	Days wages to pay for treatment
1	Pneumonia	Amoxicillin: dispersible, scored tablets 250 mg	25 mg/kg ^a14.5 kg PO BID for 7 days =21 cap	0.38
2	severe Pneumonia	Ceftriaxone: powder for injection 1 g	80 mg/kg^a14.5 kg IV daily for 10 days = 12 vial	6.58
3	severe Pneumonia	Ceftriaxone: powder for injection 500 mg	80 mg/kg^a14.5 kg IV daily for 10 days = 24 vial	8.01
4	Neonatal sepsis	Gentamicin: injection 40 mg/mL(20 mg/ml)	5 mg/kg^a14.5 kg IV daily for 10 days = 10 amp	1.17
5	Diarrhea	ORS sachets of 1 l, appropriate flavor	75 ml/kg^a 14.5 kg = 2 sachet	0.32
6	Postpartum hemorrhage	Oxytocin: injection 10 IU in 1- mL ampoule	10 units IM stat	0.25
7	Postpartum hemorrhage	Sodium chloride: injectable solution 0.9% isotonic	1000 ml	1.08
8	Postpartum hemorrhage	Sodium lactate compound: injectable (Ringer’s lactate)	1000 ml	1.22
9	Severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia	Hydralazine: powder for injection 20 mg	20 mg/ml IM BID daily	5.02
10	Prevention of tetanus	Tetanus antitoxin	10,000 IU IM after skin test	3.45

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