Table 2 Number and percentage of essential medicines not registered with the NDA according to VEN classification and the level of use in the health system
From: Registration and local production of essential medicines in Uganda
EML section | VEN classification | Level of use | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EML | Not registered | EML | Not registered | |||
General medicines | Vital | 135 | 42 (31%) | HC2 (HC1) | 18 | 7 (39%) |
Essential | 143 | 60 (42%) | HC2 | 69 | 23 (33%) | |
Necessary | 129 | 64 (50%) | HC3 | 68 | 14 (21%) | |
HC4 | 112 | 45 (40%) | ||||
H | 74 | 39 (53%) | ||||
RR | 59 | 32 (54%) | ||||
NR | 7 | 6 (86%) | ||||
Subtotal | 407 | 166 (41%) | Subtotal | 407 | 166 (60%) | |
Specialist medicines | Vital | 48 | 32 (67%) | HC2 (HC1) | 0 | – |
Essential | 50 | 32 (64%) | HC2 | 0 | – | |
Necessary | 61 | 45 (74%) | HC3 | 2 | 1 (50%) | |
HC4 | 13 | 6 (46%) | ||||
H | 19 | 12 (63%) | ||||
RR | 72 | 49 (68%) | ||||
NR | 53 | 41 (77%) | ||||
Subtotal | 159 | 109 (69%) | Subtotal | 159 | 109 (69%) | |
Total | 566 | 275 (49%) | 566 | 275 (49%) | ||