Quality assessment of medicines in selected resource-limited primary healthcare facilities using low- to medium-cost field testing digital technologies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital technologies can assess the quality of medicines in resource-challenged health facilities in a timely manner and ensure effective healthcare.

Objectives

This study assessed the quality of some non-communicable disease medicines, antimalarials, antibiotics, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and hematinics in selected healthcare facilities as part of their (potential) participation in a digital pharmaceutical supply chain management system (Med4All).

Methods

All the sampled medicines were screened using TruScan analyzer and GPHF-minilab, that is, low-medium field technologies. The quality of a representative subset of the medicines (∼11%) was determined using pharmacopoeia gold standard methods.

Results

About 75% of the medicines wer

SUBMITTER: Opuni KF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11571254 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature