Table 3. Median prices in different types of facilities.
Prices in US Cents per unit (cap/tab, g, mL, vial).
| Level of use according to MEML 2015 | Medicine name (including strength and dosage form) |
MSH price | Retail pharmacies | CHAM facilities | Private clinics | MPR for wholesalers (private plus CMST) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | MPR for retail pharmacies | Median price | MPR for CHAM facilities | Median price | MPR for private clinics | ||||
| H | Acyclovir 400mg cap/tab | 8.35 | 12.65 | 1.51 | 10.33 | 1.24 | 25.44 | 3.05 | 1.13 |
| H | Acyclovir 5% cream | 34.72 | 8.27 | 0.24 | 9.64 | 0.28 | 12.50 | 0.36 | 0.08 |
| H | Albendazole 10% suspension | 0.90 | 4.13 | 4.59 | 5.17 | 5.74 | 7.68 | 8.54 | 4.59 |
| H | Amitriptyline 25mg tablet | 0.84 | 2.07 | 2.46 | 1.86 | 2.21 | 3.44 | 4.10 | 0.82 |
| H | Amoxicillin 250mg tab/cap | 1.60 | 3.44 | 2.15 | 4.13 | 2.58 | 4.13 | 2.58 | 1.19 |
| H | Amoxicillin 25mg/mL suspension | 0.46 | 1.10 | 2.40 | 0.83 | 1.80 | 0.96 | 2.09 | 1.07 |
| H | Benzylpenicillin 5 MU injection | 24.04 | 86.12 | 3.58 | 74.06 | 3.08 | 112.30 | 4.67 | 1.12 |
| - | Bisoprolol 5mg tab | 9.16 | 13.53 | 1.48 | 10.28 | 1.12 | 0.81 | ||
| C | Captopril 25mg tab | 2.46 | 4.13 | 1.68 | 2.41 | 0.98 | 7.87 | 3.20 | 0.55 |
| D | Carbamazepine 200mg tab | 1.85 | 5.10 | 2.76 | 4.13 | 2.23 | 5.81 | 3.14 | 1.03 |
| D | Ceftriaxone 1g powder for injection | 39.80 | 122.63 | 3.08 | 117.11 | 2.94 | 114.02 | 2.86 | 0.95 |
| C | Cimetidine 400mg tab | 2.27 | 5.51 | 2.43 | 4.82 | 2.12 | 3.54 | 1.56 | 1.40 |
| D | Ciprofloxacin 500mg tab | 3.73 | 10.33 | 2.77 | 6.89 | 1.85 | 8.27 | 2.22 | 0.91 |
| H | Cotrimoxazole 480mg tab | 1.20 | 2.48 | 2.07 | 2.76 | 2.30 | 3.10 | 2.58 | 1.03 |
| H | Cotrimoxazole 48mg/mL suspension | 0.48 | 1.10 | 2.30 | 0.86 | 1.79 | 0.82 | 1.71 | 0.85 |
| D | Diazepam 5mg tab | 0.96 | 1.23 | 4.31 | 1.72 | 1.79 | 2.76 | 2.87 | 0.60 |
| D | Diazepam 5mg/mL injection | 5.81 | 34.45 | 5.93 | 35.82 | 6.17 | 69.79 | 12.01 | 1.63 |
| D | Diclofenac 50mg tab | 0.45 | 2.24 | 4.98 | 2.76 | 6.12 | 3.72 | 8.27 | 1.26 |
| H | Erythromycin 250mg tab | 3.06 | 6.89 | 2.25 | 6.20 | 2.03 | 7.58 | 2.48 | 1.29 |
| D | Fluconazole 200mg tab/cap | 7.03 | 21.36 | 3.04 | 27.56 | 3.92 | 33.99 | 4.83 | 2.61 |
| H | Gentamicin 80mg/2mL injection | 6.00 | 13.78 | 2.30 | 20.67 | 3.44 | 37.32 | 6.22 | 0.86 |
| D | Griseofulvin 125mg tab | 1.78 | 4.82 | 2.71 | 4.82 | 2.71 | 11.44 | 6.42 | 1.34 |
| D | Hydrochlorothiazide 25mg tab | 0.43 | 0.92 | 2.14 | 1.38 | 3.20 | 3.10 | 7.21 | 0.68 |
| D | Ibuprofen 200mg tab/cap | 0.68 | 1.23 | 1.80 | 2.07 | 3.04 | 2.24 | 3.29 | 0.77 |
| D | Insulin 100 IU/mL soluble injection, 10 mL | 59.22 | 206.68 | 3.49 | 107.47 | 1.81 | 130.90 | 2.21 | 1.66 |
| D | Insulin zinc 100 IU/mL suspension injection, 10 mL | 111.40 | 245.26 | 2.20 | 168.79 | 1.52 | 130.90 | 1.18 | 0.45 |
| H | Magnesium sulphate 50% injection | 7.34 | 37.20 | 5.07 | 94.38 | 12.86 | 0.92 | ||
| D | Metformin 500mg tab | 1.50 | 3.44 | 2.30 | 2.76 | 1.84 | 5.51 | 3.67 | 0.82 |
| D | Methyldopa 250mg tab | 3.24 | 7.23 | 2.23 | 5.51 | 1.70 | 5.74 | 1.77 | 1.10 |
| H | Metronidazole 200mg tab | 0.61 | 1.84 | 3.01 | 2.76 | 4.52 | 2.66 | 4.37 | 1.02 |
| D | Misoprostol 200mcg tab | 18.10 | 41.34 | 2.28 | 22.39 | 1.24 | 89.56 | 4.95 | 2.28 |
| D | Omeprazole 20mg cap | 1.41 | 4.48 | 3.18 | 4.13 | 2.93 | 5.86 | 4.15 | 0.80 |
| H | Oxytocin 10 IU/mL injection | 15.57 | 55.11 | 3.54 | 41.34 | 2.65 | 1.28 | ||
| H | Paracetamol 500mg tab | 0.44 | 1.15 | 2.61 | 2.07 | 4.70 | 2.07 | 4.70 | 1.18 |
| H | Paracetamol 24mg/mL suspension | 0.54 | 0.83 | 1.53 | 0.83 | 1.53 | 0.81 | 1.51 | 0.74 |
| H | Phenobarbital sodium 200mg/mL injection | 381.33 | 165.34 | 0.43 | 71.65 | 0.19 | 133.38 | 0.35 | 0.21 |
| H | Phenobarbital 30mg tab | 0.75 | 1.38 | 1.84 | 1.38 | 1.84 | 2.27 | 3.03 | 0.81 |
| D | Phenytoin 100mg tab | 1.04 | 8.61 | 8.28 | 0.69 | 0.66 | 0.72 | ||
| H | Praziquantel 600mg tab | 10.99 | 33.07 | 3.01 | 20.67 | 1.88 | 55.11 | 5.01 | 1.06 |
| D | Salbutamol inhaler | 0.92 | 2.07 | 2.25 | 1.38 | 1.50 | 2.07 | 2.25 | 0.97 |
| C | Simvastatin 20mg tab/cap | 5.25 | 13.53 | 2.58 | 1.12 | ||||
| H | Sodium chloride 0.9% injection | 0.10 | 0.28 | 2.76 | 0.24 | 2.41 | 0.34 | 3.45 | 1.17 |
| C | Sodium valproate 200mg tab/cap | 6.95 | 13.09 | 1.88 | 6.89 | 0.99 | 52.17 | 7.51 | 0.90 |
| H | Tetracycline 1% eye ointment | 5.12 | 12.80 | 2.50 | 13.78 | 2.69 | 13.78 | 2.69 | 1.15 |
| H | Zinc sulphate 20mg tab | 1.41 | 4.13 | 2.93 | 4.13 | 2.93 | 9.64 | 6.84 | 0.94 |