Table 4.
Affordability: number of days' wage of lowest paid unskilled government worker makes to purchase standard treatments
| Conditions | Drug name, strength, dosage form | Treatment schedule | Days wages to pay for treatment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public sector | Private sector | |||
| Typhoid fever | Chloramphenicol 1gm vial | 25 mg/kg * 14.5 kg every 6 hours P.O. for 14 days = 20300 mg = 20.3gm 21vial [26]. | 8.7 | 10.2 |
| Asthma | Salbutamol 100 mcg/dose inhaler | 1 inhaler of 200doses [27]. | 1.5 | 2.9 |
| Dysentery | Cotrimoxazole 40 mg + 200 mg/5 ml Suspension | 24 mg/kg * 14.5 kg BID for 5 days = 3480 mg.72.5 ml total for five days [27]. | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Severe Pneumonia | Penicillin G 1 million IU vial | 50 000 units/kg a14.5 kg IV every 4 hours for at least 3 days = 13.05 millions of IU = 14vial for three days [27]. | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| Acute otitis media | Amoxicillin 250 mg/5 ml Suspension | 250 mg/5 ml P.O. TID for 10 days for children above 6 years of age = 150 ml [27]. | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| Acute rhinosinusitis | Amoxicillin- Clav 156 mg/5 ml | 156 mg/5 ml P.O. TID for 10dys = 150 ml [27]. | 2.5 | 5.9 |
| Acute bacterial tonsillitis | Amoxicillin- Clav 156 mg/5 ml | 156 mg/5 ml P.O. BID for ten days = 150 ml [27]. | 2.5 | 5.9 |
| Dehydration | ORS to make 1litre | Moderate dehydration 75 ml/kg * 14.5 = 1087.5 [27]. | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Infections due to susceptible organism | Ceftriaxone 500 mg vial | Child under 50 kg maximum 1gm for 7 days [27]. | 5.8 | 30.7 |
| Pain/managenment | Paracetamol 125 mg/5 ml Suspension | 5 year old child: 15 mg/kg*14.5 kg*4*3 = 104.4 ml [27]. | 0.8 | 0.8 |