Quality Assessment of Some Essential Children’s Medicines Sold in Licensed Outlets in Ashanti Region, Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorFrimpong, G.
dc.contributor.authorOfori-Kwakye, K.
dc.contributor.authorKuntworbe, N.
dc.contributor.authorBuabeng, K.O.
dc.contributor.authorOsei, Y.A.
dc.contributor.authorEl Boakye-Gyasi, M.
dc.contributor.authorAdi-Dako, O.
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-25T10:51:28Z
dc.date.available2019-07-25T10:51:28Z
dc.date.issued2018-05
dc.description.abstractThe quality of 68 samples of 15 different essential children’s medicines sold in licensed medicine outlets in the Ashanti Region, Ghana, was evaluated. Thirty-two (47.1%) of the medicines were imported, mainly from India (65.6%) and the United Kingdom (28.1%), while 36 (52.9%) were locally manufactured. The quality of the medicines was assessed using content of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), pH, and microbial limit tests, and the results were compared with pharmacopoeial standards. Twenty-six (38.2%) of the samples studied passed the official content of API test while 42 (61.8%) failed. Forty-nine (72.1%) of the samples were compliant with official specifications for pH while 19 (27.9%) were noncompliant. Sixty-six (97.1%) samples passed the microbial load and content test while 2 (2.9%) failed. Eighteen (26.5%) samples passed all the three quality evaluation tests, while one (1.5%) sample (CFX1) failed all the tests. All the amoxicillin suspensions tested passed the three evaluation tests. All the ciprofloxacin, cotrimoxazole, flucloxacillin, artemether-lumefantrine, multivitamin, and folic acid samples failed the content of API test and are substandard. The overall API failure rate for imported products (59.4%) was comparable to locally manufactured (63.9%) samples. The results highlight the poor quality of the children’s medicines studied and underscore the need for regular pharmacovigilance and surveillance systems to fight this menace.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1155/2018/1494957
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/31753
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Tropical Medicineen_US
dc.titleQuality Assessment of Some Essential Children’s Medicines Sold in Licensed Outlets in Ashanti Region, Ghanaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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