Assessment of the Pharmaceutical Situation in Kenya - A Baseline Survey: LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

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	Assessment of the Pharmaceutical Situation in Kenya - A Baseline Survey (HAI, WHO; 2003; 78 pages)
		LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
		ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
		1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
		2. INTRODUCTION
			2.1 COUNTRY PROFILE
			2.2 STRUCTURE OF HEALTH AND PHARMACEUTICAL SYSTEMS
			2.3 NATIONAL MEDICINES POLICY
			2.4 MEDICINE PRODUCTION
		3. SURVEY DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY
			3.1 SURVEY PURPOSE
			3.2 METHODOLOGY
		4. RESULTS AND ANALYSIS
			4.1 LEVEL I CORE INDICATORS
				4.1.1 National Medicine Policy
				4.1.2 Legislation/regulation
				4.1.3 Quality control of pharmaceuticals
				4.1.4 Essential medicines list
				4.1.5 Medicines supply system
				4.1.6 Medicines financing
				4.1.7 Access to essential medicines
				4.1.8 Production
				4.1.9 Rational use
			4.2 LEVEL II CORE INDICATORS
				4.2.1 ACCESS
					4.2.1.1 Availability of key medicines in public health facilities, regional warehouses and private pharmacies
					4.2.1.2 Adequacy* of stock records in public health facilities and regional warehouses
					4.2.1.3 Affordability of treatment at public health facilities and private pharmacies
					4.2.1.4 Percentage of prescribed medicines actually dispensed or administered to patients in Public health facilities
					4.2.1.5 Access to medicines by households
				4.2.2 QUALITY AND SAFETY
					4.2.2.1 Presence of expired medicines in public health facility pharmacies, regional warehouses and Private pharmacy outlets
					4.2.2.2 Adequacy* of Conservation conditions and handling of medicines in public health facility and regional warehouses
				4.2.3 RATIONAL USE
					4.2.3.1 Adequacy* of labeling of medicines dispensed by public health facility pharmacies
					4.2.3.2 Percentage of patients at public health facilities who know how to take medicines
					4.2.3.3 Average number of medicines prescribed in public health facilities
					4.2.3.4 Percentage of patients at public health facilities receiving antibiotics
					4.2.3.5 Percentage of patients prescribed an injection in public health facilities
					4.2.3.6 Percentage of medicines prescribed at public health facilities on EDL
					4.2.3.7 Percentage availability of STG and EDL at public health facilities
					4.2.3.8 Medicine prescribing by INN/generic name
					4.2.3.9 Percentage of tracer cases at public health facilities treated with medicines recommended or discouraged in STGs.
					4.2.3.10 Use of medicines by households
		5. CONCLUSION
		6. POSITIVE ASPECTS AND AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT IDENTIFIED
		7. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS
		APPENDICES
			APPENDIX 1 - PROPOSAL
			APPENDIX 2 - TRAINING TIMETABLE
			APPENDIX 3 - ALLOCATION OF HEALTH FACILITIES TO DATA COLLECTORS
			APPENDIX 4 - SURVEY FORMS 1-16
			APPENDIX 5 - LIST OF 15 BASKET OF MEDICINES
			APPENDIX 6 - COMPLETED LEVEL ONE QUESTIONNAIRE

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

DARE	Decentralized HIV and Reproductive Health
DFID	Department for International Development (UK)
DH	District Hospital
EDL	Essential Drugs List
GDP	Gross Domestic Product
GFATM	Global Fund to Fight Aids Tuberculosis and Malaria
GOK	Government of Kenya
GSU	General Service Unit
GTZ/PMU	Gesellshaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit / Procurement Management Unit
HAI	Health Action International
HC	Health Centre
INN	International Non-proprietary Name
KEDL	Kenya Essential Drugs List
KEMSA	Kenya Medical Supplies Agency
KEPI	Kenya Expanded Program on Immunization
KNDP	Kenya National Drug Policy
KNH	Kenyatta National Hospital
MOH	Ministry of Health
NASCOP	National Aids and STI Coordinating Program
NLTP	National Leprosy and Tuberculosis Program
NPHLS	National Public Health Laboratories Services
ORS	Oral Rehydration Salts
PGH	Provincial General Hospital
PHF	Public Health Facility
PMO	Provincial Medical Officer
RH	Reproductive Health
RHDC	Rural Health Demonstration Centre
SDH	Sub-District Hospital
SP	Sulphadoxine Pyrimethamine
STG	Standard Treatment Guidelines
STI	Sexually Transmitted Infection
TB	Tuberculosis
UNICEF	United Nations Children's Fund
URTI	Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
WHO	World Health Organization

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