Table 2.
Stockout status for WHO-recommended priority lifesaving medicines for children under five in Jimma Zone health facilities, May 2018.
| List of medicines | Health centers | Hospitals | Inclusion in NEDL (1 = yes, 2 = no) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Days of stockout for the past 6 months | Mean frequency of stockout | Days of stockout for the past 6 months | Mean frequency of stockout | Health center | Hospital | |
| Amoxicillin dispersible tablet | 7.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Ampicillin injection | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Ceftriaxone injection | 10.0 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| ORS | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Zinc dispersible tablet | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Artesunate injection | 11.0 | 1.0 | 17.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Artesunate rectal | NA | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Gentamycin injection | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Artemether/lumefantrine dispersible tablet | 18.0 | 1.0 | 11.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Morphine dispersible tablet | NA | 0.0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| Paracetamol dispersible tablet | 0.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| AZT+3TC+NEV (60/30/50 mg) | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| AZT+3TC (60/30 mg) | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| NVP (10 mg/ml) | 11.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| ABC+3TC (60/30 mg) | 77.0 | 1.1 | 6.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 3TC (10 mg/ml) | 112.0 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| LPV/r (80 mg/20 mg) | 129.0 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| EVF (50 mg) | 8.0 | 1.0.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Vitamin A | 7.0 | 1 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Total | 471.0 | — | 113.0 | — | ||
| Average | 33.6 | 28.3 | ||||
NA = not applicable; NEDL = national essential drug list.