Table 1. Medicines included into this survey.

Survey medicines		Included in WHO/HAI Global Core List	Originator brand registered in Rwanda	Availability in the health system according to the 2015 REML		Daily dose [units or ml]	Treatment duration [days]	Number of units or ml for one course of treatment
				District hospital	Health center
Antibiotics
1	Amoxicillin capsule 500mg	Yes	-	+	+	3	7	21
2	Ceftriaxone injection 1g	Yes	-	+		1	1	1
3	Ciprofloxacin tablet 500mg	Yes	-	+	+	2	7	14
4	Co-trimoxazole suspension 8+40mg/ml	Yes	Yes	+	+	10 ml	7	70 ml
5	Metronidazole tablet 250mg	-	Yes	+	+	6	7	42
Medicines against Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
6	Amitriptyline tablet 25mg	Yes	-	+	+	3	30	90
7	Captopril tablet 25mg	Yes	-	+	+	2	30	60
8	Diazepam tablet 5mg	Yes	Yes	+	+	1	7	7
9	Diclofenac tablet 50mg	Yes	-	+	+	2	30	60
10	Metformin tablet 500mg	Yes	Yes	+	+	3	30	90
11	Omeprazole capsule 20mg	Yes	-	+		1	30	30
12	Salbutamol inhaler 100mcg/dose	Yes	Yes	+	+	As needed	As needed	200 doses
13	Simvastatin tablet 20mg	Yes	Yes	+		1	30	30
Medicines for Maternal & Child Health
14	Levonorgestrel tablet 1.5mg	-	Yes	+	+	1	1	1
15	Misoprostol tablet 200mcg	-	Yes	+		4	1	4
16	Oxytocin injection 10IU/ml	-	-	+	+	1 ml	1	1 ml
17	Paracetamol suspension 24mg/ml	Yes	-	+	+	15 ml	3	45 ml
18	Tranexamic acid injection 100mg/ml	-	-	Not included in the 2015 REML		5 ml	1	5 ml

The Global Core List of survey medicines has been published by WHO and HAI [6] and updated in 2016 [7].