| SHORT COMMUNICATION |
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| Year : 2011 | Volume
: 43
| Issue : 5 | Page : 599-600 |
Availability of essential medicines: A primary health care perspective
Rohit Dixit, M Vinay, T Jayasree, Shaikh Ubedulla, VS Manohar, N Chandrasekhar
Department of Pharmacology, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Rohit Dixit
Department of Pharmacology, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.84981
The present study was undertaken to assess the availability of the essential medicines to the people of Kunijarla, Khammam district, AP. This was done in two steps: 1) Comparison of PHC-EML (primary health care essential medicines list) with AP-EML (Andhra Pradesh essential medicines list) and NEML (National essential medicines list); and 2) Assessment of availability of the listed medicines in adequate quantity to meet the needs of people of kunijarla. Results showed that the PHC-EML is on par with AP-EML and NEML. The hospital has 100% availability of the listed medicines; however, there was a need for certain add-on drugs like phenytoin tablets, valproic acid, and activated charcoal since they were prescribed frequently and were not included in PHC-EML. All the drugs which were listed in PHC-EML were being used and none were considered as non-utility supply. Suggestions were given for the revision of PHC-EML according to the criteria for identifying medicines for inclusion in the revised list which was mentioned in NEML.
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