Table 2 Summary of country characteristics and comparison to WHO model list of essential medicines
Countries with an NEML N = 47 | SDI 2019 GBD Study [1] | 2019 Health Expenditure per capita (Int-$)[26] | 2017 GDP per capita (Int-$) [26] | Countries with Adult and/or Paediatric Rheum service [27] N = 28 | Countries with established Paediatric rheum service [27] N = 12 | Countries with STGs N = 21 | NEML Year | No. of meds on NEML | Countries with NEML Section Juvenile Joint Diseases N = 8 | No. of meds on NEML Section Juvenile Joint Diseases | Countries with NEMLc N = 7 | No. of meds on NEMLc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Algeria | 0,63 | 751,00 | 13210,00 | √ | √ | X | 2016 | 4 | X | - | X | - |
Angola | 0,42 | 178,00 | 6974,00 | √ | X | X | 2021 | 6 | √ | 1 | X | - |
Benin | 0,32 | 82,00 | 4056,00 | √ | √ | X | 2018 | 4 | X | - | √ | 2 |
Botswana | 0,61 | 1122,00 | 18323,00 | √ | X | X | 2016 | 3 | X | - | X | - |
Burkina Faso | 0,24 | 122,00 | 25546,00 | √ | X | X | 2020 | 2 | X | - | √ | 0 |
Burundi | 0,27 | 62,00 | 836,00 | X | X | X | 2012 | 0 | X | - | X | - |
Cameroon | 0,46 | 136,00 | 4408,00 | √ | X | X | 2017 | 0 | X | - | X | - |
Cape Verde | 0,50 | 370,00 | 9083,00 | X | X | X | 2018 | 4 | X | - | X | - |
Central African Republic | 0,26 | 78,00 | 967,00 | √ | X | X | 2017 | 0 | X | - | X | - |
Chad | 0,22 | 69,00 | 1668,00 | X | X | X | 2022 | 0 | X | - | √ | 0 |
Congo | 0,54 | 82,00 | 3791,00 | X | X | X | 2013 | 4 | X | - | X | - |
Côte d'Ivoire | 0,38 | 180,00 | 6538,00 | √ | X | X | 2020 | 0 | X | - | X | - |
Djibouti | 0,43 | 104,00 | 5893,00 | X | X | X | 2007 | 0 | X | - | X | - |
Democratic Republic of Congo | 0,34 | 41,00 | 1334,00 | √ | X | X | 2020 | 2 | X | - | √ | 0 |
Egypt | 0,63 | 582,00 | 15091,00 | √ | √ | X | 2018 | 5 | X | - | X | - |
Eritrea | 0,37 | 82,00 | 1629,00 | X | X | X | 2010 | 2 | X | - | X | - |
eSwatini | 0,56 | 611,00 | 10782,00 | X | X | √ | 2012 | 1 | X | - | X | - |
Ethiopia | 0,30 | 75,00 | 2812,00 | √ | X | X | 2020 | 5 | √ | 1 | X | - |
Ghana | 0,52 | 193,00 | 6498,00 | √ | √ | √ i | 2019 | 10 | X | - | X | - |
Guinea | 0,30 | 119,00 | 3187,00 | X | X | X | 2012 | 3 | X | - | X | - |
Kenya | 0,48 | 208,00 | 5764,00 | √ | √ | √ i | 2019 | 7 | √ | 6 | X | - |
Lesotho | 0,48 | 313,00 | 2695,00 | X | X | √ | 2005 | 0 | X | - | X | - |
Liberia | 0,34 | 126,00 | 1725,00 | X | X | √ | 2017 | 6 | √ | 1 | X | - |
Libya | 0,71 | 409,00 | 23375,00 | √ | √ | X | 2019 | 8 | √ | 1 | X | - |
Madagascar | 0,37 | 65,00 | 1774,00 | √ | X | X | 2008 | 3 | X | - | X | - |
Malawi | 0,36 | 82,00 | 1732,00 | X | X | √ | 2015 | 1 | √ | 1 | X | - |
Mali | 0,24 | 95,00 | 2517,00 | √ | √ | X | 2019 | 5 | X | - | X | - |
Mauritania | 0,47 | 187,00 | 6424,00 | √ | X | √ | 2012 | 0 | X | - | X | - |
Morocco | 0,52 | 425,00 | 9519,00 | √ | X | X | 2014 | 4 | X | - | X | - |
Mozambique | 0,28 | 105,00 | 1468,00 | √ | X | X | 2017 | 4 | X | - | X | - |
Namibia | 0,59 | 867,00 | 11205,00 | X | X | √ | 2016 | 5 | X | - | X | - |
Nigeria | 0,49 | 162,00 | 5869,00 | √ | √ | √ | 2020 | 4 | √ | 1 | √ | 5 |
Rwanda | 0,40 | 146,00 | 2792,00 | X | √ | √ i | 2015 | 1 | X | - | √ | 2 |
Senegal | 0,36 | 145,00 | 4209,00 | √ | √ | X | 2018 | 0 | X | - | X | - |
Seychelles | 0,72 | 1469,00 | 35228,00 | X | X | √ | 2010 | 2 | X | - | X | - |
Sierra Leone | 0,32 | 157,00 | 1931,00 | X | X | √ | 2019 | 0 | X | - | X | - |
Somalia | 0,08 | 12,00 | 1364,00 | X | X | √ | 2019 | 2 | X | - | X | - |
South Africa | 0,66 | 1187,00 | 15905,00 | √ | √ | √i | 2023 | 4 | X | - | √ | 5 |
South Sudan | 0,34 | 63,00 | 1182,00 | X | X | √ | 2018 | 3 | X | - | X | - |
Sudan | 0,47 | 205,00 | 4216,00 | √ | √ | √ | 2014 | 5 | X | - | X | - |
Tanzania | 0,39 | 99,00 | 3097,00 | √ | X | √i | 2021 | 4 | √ | 1 | X | - |
The Gambia | 0,37 | 89,00 | 2510,00 | X | X | √ | 2001 | 0 | X | - | X | - |
Togo | 0,39 | 125,00 | 2608,00 | √ | X | X | 2012 | 4 | X | - | X | - |
Tunisia | 0,65 | 789,00 | 12488,00 | √ | √ | X | 2016 | 9 | X | - | X | - |
Uganda | 0,37 | 92,00 | 2694,00 | √ | X | X | 2016 | 3 | X | - | X | - |
Zambia | 0,47 | 193,00 | 3894,00 | √ | X | √ | 2020 | 1 | X | - | X | - |
Zimbabwe | 0,45 | 208,00 | 2531,00 | X | X | √ i | 2015 | 3 | √ | 2 | X | - |