Table 5.
NTP Strategy or Action Plans
| % of private expenditure on healtha | National strategic plan version | Private retail drug outlet engagement in strategy | Professional pharmacy association engagement in strategyb | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | 79.5 | 2014–2020 | X | |
| Afghanistan | 78.8 | 2013–2017 | X | |
| Nigeria | 76.1 | 2015–2020 | X | |
| Myanmar | 72.8 | 2016–2020 | X | |
| Philippines | 68.4 | 2013–2016 | X | |
| India | 67.8 | 2012–2017 | X | |
| Bangladesh | 64.7 | 2015–2020 | X | X |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 63.7 | 2010–2015 | X | |
| Pakistan | 63.2 | 2015-2020 | X | |
| Indonesia | 61.0 | 2015–2019 | X | X |
| Kenya | 58.3 | 2015–2018 | X | |
| Vietnam | 58.1 | 2011–2015 | X | |
| Uganda | 55.6 | 2015–2020 | ||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 46.9 | 2014–2017 |
aPrivate expenditure on health as a percentage of total expenditure on health. WHO (2013) [18]
bOnly if ‘pharmacy association’ was explicitly mentioned in the strategy instead of the generic term ‘professional association’