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DEFINITION:
A list of essential generic medicines has been drawn up by the WHO. Public Medicine dispensing points are then visited and the availability of these medicines checked. The stat indicates the median percentage of medicines from the list that were available in each dispensary on the day of the survey.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | 100.1% | 2007 | |
| 2 | Mongolia | 100% | 2004 | |
| 3 | Iran | 92.7% | 2007 | |
| 4 | Colombia | 86.7% | 2008 | |
| 5 | Mali | 81% | 2004 | |
| =6 | Thailand | 75% | 2006 | |
| =6 | Tajikistan | 75% | 2005 | |
| 8 | Tunisia | 64.3% | 2004 | |
| 9 | Peru | 61.5% | 2005 | |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 61.1% | 2006 | |
| 11 | Sao Tome and Principe | 56.3% | 2008 | |
| 12 | El Salvador | 53.8% | 2006 | |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 52.9% | 2004 | |
| 14 | Sudan | 51.4% | 2006 | |
| 15 | Nicaragua | 50% | 2008 | |
| 16 | Indonesia | 46.7% | 2004 | |
| 17 | Kenya | 37.7% | 2004 | |
| 18 | Bolivia | 31.9% | 2008 | |
| 19 | Chad | 31.3% | 2004 | |
| 20 | Jordan | 27.8% | 2004 | |
| 21 | Nigeria | 26.2% | 2004 | |
| 22 | Malaysia | 25% | 2004 | |
| 23 | Tanzania | 23.4% | 2004 | |
| 24 | India | 20.5% | 2005 | |
| 25 | Uganda | 20% | 2004 | |
| 26 | China | 19.2% | 2006 | |
| 27 | Ghana | 17.9% | 2004 | |
| 28 | Philippines | 15.4% | 2005 | |
| 29 | Kuwait | 12% | 2004 | |
| 30 | Yemen | 5% | 2006 | |
| 31 | Pakistan | 3.3% | 2004 | |
| =32 | Kazakhstan | 0.0 | 2004 | |
| =32 | Lebanon | 0.0 | 2004 | |
| =32 | Morocco | 0.0 | 2004 |
