How to assure access of essential RMNCH medicines by looking at policy and systems factors: an analysis of countdown to 2015 countries

Table 3 Average percentages for 15 RMNCH lifesaving commodities across the 8 policy and system indicators

Commodity Type	Commodity	Average % (in descending order) ^a
Child	Oral rehydration solution	87
Maternal	Oxytocin	87
Newborn	Gentamicin	86
Newborn	Penicillin injection	84
Newborn	Ceftriaxone	84
Reproductive	Implant	81
Maternal	Magnesium sulfate	81
Newborn	Antenatal steroids	81
Child	Zinc	79
Maternal	Calcium gluconate	78
Maternal	Misoprostol	78
Child	Amoxicillin dispersible tablets	73
Reproductive	Emergency contraception	72
Reproductive	Female condoms	70
Newborn	Chlorhexidine	66

^aMeans of the average percentages presented in Fig. 2 came from different sample sizes and were rounded to whole numbers

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