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Table 7 Availability of commodities

From: Assessment of integrated community case management of childhood illness (ICCM) practices by trained patent and proprietary medicine vendors (PPMVs) in Ebonyi and Kaduna states, Nigeria

Variable

Yes

(N = 165)

Quarter 1

n (percent)

Quarter 2

n (percent)

𝜒2 (p-value)

Dispersible amoxicillin available till the last day of the month.

128 (77.6)

104 (63.0)

8.48 (0.014)

Arthemether Lumefantrine (AL) at least 20 full dose

134 (81.2)

135 (81.8)

0.34 (0.845)

25 mg Arthemether – 67.5 mg Amodiaquine (at least 10 packs)?

63 (38.2)

116 (70.3)

44.85 (0.000)

50 mg Arthemether- 135 mg Amodiaquine (at least 10 packs)?

69 (41.8)

109 (66.1)

36.60 (0.000)

Low osmolar ORS (at least 10 sachets)

152 (92.1)

151 (91.5)

0.04 (0.841)

Antimalarial drugs available till the last day of the month.

147 (89.1)

134 (81.2)

4.05 (0.044)

Low osmolar ORS available till last day of the Month.

148 (89.7)

143 (86.7)

0.73 (0.394)

Zinc tablet (approximately 60 tablets)

146 (88.5)

149 (90.3)

0.29 (0.592)

Chlorhexidene gel 4% (at least 10 tubes)

14 (8.5)

23 (13.9)

62.64 (0.000)

Continuous supply of AI/AA, Amoxicillin and Low Osmolar ORS for the last 3 months without any stock out of this product.

106 (64.3)

58 (35.2)

1.18 (0.555)

Respiratory timer available, and a continuous supply of AI/AA, Amoxicillin and Low Osmolar ORS For 7 Days or more without any stock-out of this product

14 (8.5)

150 (90.9)

1.81 (0.404)