ORS/Zinc status – Template

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Population: ??m (2020)
Area: ?? sqkm

Diarrhoea deaths: ?? (2019)

ORS coverage: ??% (2019)

ORS + Zinc coverage: ??% (2019)

National EML download: [not yet found]

National policy
✅ ❌ ❓ ORS+Zinc in National Clinical Guidelines
✅ ❌ ❓ National Essential Medicines List last updated in ??
✅ ❌ ❓ ORS included in the National Essential Medicines List
✅ ❌ ❓ Zinc included in the National Essential Medicines List
✅ ❌ ❓ Co-packaged ORS & Zinc included in the National Essential Medicines List (added/as at Feb-2022)

Zinc availability
✅ ❌ ❓ Zinc available “over the counter”
✅ ❌ ❓ Any retailer can sell Zinc without the need for a licence

Outlets for Zinc tablets:
✅ ❌ ❓ Pharmacies
✅ ❌ ❓ Drug stores/shops
✅ ❌ ❓ Supermarkets
✅ ❌ ❓ General retail outlets
✅ ❌ ❓ Community Health Workers
✅ ❌ ❓ Door-to-door sales people
✅ ❌ ❓ Government hospitals/clinics
✅ ❌ ❓ Private hospitals/clinics
✅ ❌ ❓ Campaigns and outreach
✅ ❌ ❓ Other

Co-pack availability
✅ ❌ ❓ Co-packaged ORS and Zinc available
✅ ❌ ❓ Discussions underway about introducing co-packaged ORS and Zinc

Outlets for co-packaged ORS and Zinc tablets:
✅ ❌ ❓ Pharmacies
✅ ❌ ❓ Drug stores/shops
✅ ❌ ❓ Supermarkets
✅ ❌ ❓ General retail outlets
✅ ❌ ❓ Community Health Workers
✅ ❌ ❓ Door-to-door sales people
✅ ❌ ❓ Government hospitals/clinics
✅ ❌ ❓ Private hospitals/clinics
✅ ❌ ❓ Campaigns and outreach
✅ ❌ ❓ Other

Co-packaged ORS and Zinc brands (may not be exhaustive)
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Co-packaged ORS and Zinc manufacturers (may not be exhaustive)
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Co-pack costs
Typical cost of a ORS/Zinc co-pack in the PUBLIC sector
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Typical cost of a ORS/Zinc co-pack in the PRIVATE sector
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✅ ❌ ❓ Diarrhoea programmes currently on-going

Name Organisation Funder Diarrhoea specific Target area

 

Additional information
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