07.05.01. Are any antidementia medications approved by National Medicines Regulatory Authority? | Kenya
07.05.01. Are any antidementia medications approved by National Medicines Regulatory Authority? | Kenya
04 Apr 2022
Most drugs are approved by the National Medicines Regulatory Authority but not included on the essential drug list of drugs in Kenya (Ministry of Health, 2016a) and are unavailable in public facilities. For instance, Donepezil is mostly available in private facilities (Mokaya et al., 2016).
References:
Ministry of Health. (2016a). Kenya Essential Medical Supplies List 2016. Nairobi, Kenya. http://publications.universalhealth2030.org/uploads/KEMSL-2016Final-1.pdf
Mokaya, J., Dotchin, C. L., Gray, W. K., Hooker, J., & Walker, R. W. (2016). The accessibility of Parkinson’s disease medication in Kenya: results of a national survey. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, 3(4), 376–381. https://doi.org/10.1002/mdc3.12294