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Table 3 Prices and affordability of treatment

From: Availability, prices and affordability of UN Commission’s lifesaving medicines for reproductive and maternal health in Uganda

Medicine

Unit Price in USD (MPR)

Treatment unit

Affordability per treatment unit (in days)

Priv.

Mission

Private sector

Mission sector

Etonogestrel 68 mg/rod × 1 implant

3.03

1 implant

1.6

Levonorgestrel 0.75 mg tablet

1.52

2 tablets

1.6

Misoprostol 200 μg Tablet

1.52 (4.39)

0.91 (2.63)

I tablet

0.8

0.48

Oxytocin Injection 10 IU, 1 ml

0.61 (3.49)

0.61 (3.49)

1 ampoule

0.32

0.32

Magnesium sulfate Injection 500 mg/ml

2.04 (1.54)

1.52 (1.15)

1 ampoule

1.1

0.8