Drug types | Djibouti | Sierra Leone | Gabon | Congo | Angola | Mozambique | Tanzania | Timor-Leste | Others | Total |
Dermatology | 1283 | 1286 | 1365 | 1210 | 1420 | 1865 | 1002 | 1009 | 233 | 10 673 |
Ophthalmology and otorhinolaryngology | 832 | 842 | 879 | 798 | 895 | 1256 | 702 | 831 | 171 | 7206 |
Chinese patent medicine | 601 | 605 | 633 | 576 | 645 | 842 | 534 | 601 | 11 | 5048 |
Liquid and electrolyte balance | 578 | 598 | 604 | 523 | 614 | 824 | 506 | 579 | 109 | 4935 |
Antibacterial | 390 | 424 | 425 | 365 | 438 | 545 | 400 | 447 | 94 | 3528 |
Antipyretic and analgesic | 358 | 357 | 359 | 345 | 360 | 389 | 323 | 401 | 77 | 2969 |
Vitamins | 279 | 299 | 301 | 245 | 312 | 469 | 234 | 264 | 54 | 2457 |
Gastric | 281 | 283 | 291 | 245 | 291 | 324 | 241 | 279 | 63 | 2298 |
Anaesthetics and auxiliary | 198 | 189 | 199 | 178 | 201 | 234 | 165 | 178 | 37 | 1579 |
Paediatric | 167 | 168 | 170 | 157 | 178 | 201 | 141 | 169 | 32 | 1383 |
The different drugs units are the smallest measurable unit, such as ‘tablet’, ‘pill’, ‘vial’ and ‘bag’. Drugs are classified according to the General List of Commonly used Drugs Prescribed by the Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China.