TY - JOUR
T1 - What if there is no reliable and appropriate medication for pregnancy hypertension available in Indonesian primary care?
AU - Ekawati, Fitriana Murriya
AU - Lau, Phyllis
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The Indonesian medicine formulary has recently been revised and will be implemented in April 2020. Nifedipine will no longer be available in public primary care service (Puskesmas) according to the new formulary. This change will severely impact on the management of pregnancy hypertension in Indonesian primary care, given that very limited treatment options are currently available. Mortality caused by pregnancy hypertension in Indonesia continous to be unacceptably high. The decision to remove nifedipine from use in Indonesian public primary health must be urgently revisited.
AB - The Indonesian medicine formulary has recently been revised and will be implemented in April 2020. Nifedipine will no longer be available in public primary care service (Puskesmas) according to the new formulary. This change will severely impact on the management of pregnancy hypertension in Indonesian primary care, given that very limited treatment options are currently available. Mortality caused by pregnancy hypertension in Indonesia continous to be unacceptably high. The decision to remove nifedipine from use in Indonesian public primary health must be urgently revisited.
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:74347
U2 - 10.1016/j.preghy.2020.04.017
DO - 10.1016/j.preghy.2020.04.017
M3 - Article
SN - 2210-7789
VL - 21
SP - 68
EP - 69
JO - Pregnancy Hypertension
JF - Pregnancy Hypertension
ER -