Assessment of medicines use pattern using World Health Organization’s Prescribing, Patient Care and Health facility indicators in selected health facilities in eastern Ethiopia

Table 5 Availability of key drugs in eight selected health centers in Fafen Zone Eastern Ethiopia, December 2014

		Health facility name
Tracer Drug	Kebrebeyah local	Bombas	Kebrebeyah refugee	Awberae local	Lefeisae	Ayerdega	Jigjiga	Awberae refuge
Amoxicillin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Oral Rehydration Salts	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Arthemisin/Lumphantrine	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Mebendazole Tablets	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tetracycline Eye Ointment	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Paracetamol	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Refampicine/Isoniazide/Pyrazinamide/Ethambutol	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Medroxyprogesterone (depo) Injection	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Ergometrine Maleate Tablets	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Ferrous Salt plus Folic Acid	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Pentavalent DPT-Hep-Hib Vaccine	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Zinc	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Gentamycin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
% of availability of key drugs in stock	77 %	31 %	54 %	38 %	69 %	61 %	69 %	54 %

ISSN: 1472-6963