Table 2.
Drug availability and proportion of drugs in date by facility type
| CHAM hospital (n=5) |
Rural hospital (n=3) |
Health centre (n=32) |
Dispensary (n=7) |
|
| Cotrimoxazole tablet | 4 (80%) | 3 (100%) | 32 (100%) | 6 (86%) |
| Amoxicillin tablets* | 5 (100%) | 1 (33%) | 6 (19%) | 1 (14%) |
| Amoxicillin syrup | 4 (80%) | 0 | 20 (63%) | 4 (57%) |
| Lumefantrine-Artemether | 5 (100%) | 3 (100%) | 32 (100%) | 6 (86%) |
| Rectal artesunate | 1 (20%) | 1 (33%) | 19 (59%) | 1 (14%) |
| Oral rehydration salts | 5 (100%) | 0 | 16 (50%) | 3 (43%) |
| Salbutamol tablets | 5 (100%) | 2 (67%) | 15 (47%) | 3 (43%) |
| Salbutamol nebuliser solution | 4 (80%) | 1 (33%) | 5 (16%) | 7 (100%) |
| Aminophylline injection† | 2 (67%) | 1 (100%) | 3 (38%) | 3 (75%) |
The following drugs were found not to be in date: 20% of oral rehydration salts at CHAM facilities; 5% of amoxicillin syrup in health centres and 25% at dispensaries; 33% aminophylline at health centres.
*Availability of amoxicillin syrup and/or tables: 5 (100%) of CHAM facilities; 1 (33%) rural hospital; 22 (69%) health centres; 4 (57%) dispensaries.
†Data only collected for Mchinji district (n=16).
CHAM, Christian Health Association of Malawi.