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Assessing Contraceptive Financing and Procurement Policies in Malawi (306 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, USAID | Health Policy Initiative
Date of Publication 2010
To assist countries to adapt to this new policy environment, a new publication titled Assessing Policies and Practices That Affect Contraceptive Financing and Procurement: A Review Guide was prepared by the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, Task Order 1, and the USAID | Health Policy Initiative, Task Order 1. The assessment guide is a diagnostic and monitoring tool that explains how to conduct the assessment and provides sample assessment questions and resource materials. This case study highlights the application of the guide in Malawi.

Emerging Trends in Supply Chain Management Outsourcing Public Health Logistics in Developing Countries (640 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2010
This paper examines the potential opportunity for public sector health systems to engage third party service providers to support the logistics functions—with an emphasis on distribution, warehousing, and inventory management. It provides stakeholders in supply chain management for public sector health, including the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Finance officials, program managers, and Central Medical Store managers with a resource that describes outsourcing and how it could be used in public health supply chains, when to consider outsourcing, the process of deciding whether outsourcing is a viable option in a particular context, and how to begin the outsourcing process.

Sustainable Training Programs Ensure Access to Health Commodities in Rwanda (166 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2010
In recent years, better access to medicines and other health commodities, such as contraceptives, has improved the lives of Rwandans. However, even small disruptions in the delivery systems can cause shortages at health clinics, leaving patients without treatments as basic as antibiotics. A persistent problem is finding and retaining health workers trained in logistics. Today, by bringing logistics training to the universities, the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT is bolstering the country’s supply chains with sustainable training programs.

Mapping Project Data: An Innovative Way to Share Information (1,425 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2010
A brief overview of the new mapping functionality on the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT web site.

Contraceptive Security Index 2009: A Tool for Priority Setting and Planning (3,796 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2010
This wall chart presents a set of indicators that can be used to measure a country’s level of CS and to monitor global progress toward reaching this goal over time. The indicators are aggregated to establish a composite index. The Contraceptive Security Index was first calculated and presented in 2003 and again in 2006; the Contraceptive Security Index 2009 presents the latest update of these data.

Zimbabwe: Innovative Distribution System Brings Steady Supply of Tuberculosis and Malaria Drugs to Health Facilities (151 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2010
Since the introduction of the ZIP system in the Midlands province of Zimbabwe, stockout rates for tuberculosis drugs have fallen from over 30 percent to less than five percent.

Logistics Plays Key Role in Zambia's Effort to Reduce Maternal Mortality (156 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2010
Photo and caption taken at the Campaign for Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality(CARMMA) launch event in Zambia.

The Health Logistics Press (Zambia), July 2010 (4,958 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2010
The eighth issue of The Health Logistics Press, a Ministry of Health (MOH) newsletter developed by the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT office in Zambia.

Segmenting Laboratory Commodities for Logistics System Design: A Guide (597 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2010
This guide includes examples of practical laboratory practices that are specific to the process of segmenting laboratory commodities. This important tool, useful for laboratory logistics system designers, logically and systematically reviews, analyzes, and organizes the products to ensure an efficient and effective supply chain design.