Drug Utilisation in Antenatal Clinics in Tanzania

  • A Y Massele Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Muhimbili University, College of Health Sciences, P.O. Box 65010, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
Keywords: Prescriptions, prescribing patterns, antenatal clinics, Tanzania.

Abstract

AMOS Y. MASSELE
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Muhimbili University, College of Health Sciences, P.O. Box 65010, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
A prospective survey of prescribing patterns at twenty antenatal clinics in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, was carried out by trained research assistants in order to document the prescribing patterns of antenatal care providers. A total of 600 prescriptions were collected, recorded using WHO/DAP forms and analyzed. The number of drugs per prescription was 0-5 percentage of encounters with injection and antibiotic prescribed 22% and 20.1% respectively. Percentage of drugs prescribed by generic name was 77.6%. These and other related findings are discussed.

Published
2020-07-29
How to Cite
Massele, A. (2020). Drug Utilisation in Antenatal Clinics in Tanzania. The East and Central African Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1(2), 44-45. Retrieved from https://uonjournals.uonbi.ac.ke/ojs/index.php/ecajps/article/view/517
Issue
Vol 1 No 2 (1998): May-August 1998
Section
Articles