Achieving Contraceptive Security in El Salvador
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DELIVER
Date of Publication
2004
Examines El Salvador's progress toward achieving contraceptive security.
Analyzing Transportation Costs
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DELIVER
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2003
Summarizes the results of a transport study conducted by DELIVER in Uganda in 2002.
Assessing a New Logistics System: Lessons from Rwanda
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DELIVER
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2004
Describes a DELIVER evaluation of the new contraceptive logistics system is Rwanda and provides recommendations for improvement.
Assessments Lay the Groundwork for Improved Logistics Systems in Nigeria
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DELIVER
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2003
Describes a recent monitoring and evaluation exercise in Nigeria that helped the Ministry of Health determine requirements for updating the country's contraceptive logistics system.
Auto-Disable Syringes: A Health Solution and a Logistics Challenge
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DELIVER
Date of Publication
2003
Outlines the logistics challenges inherent in using auto-disable syringes for safer injections.
Bangladesh's Seven Steps Toward Sustainability
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Family Planning Logistics Management (FPLM)
Date of Publication
2000
Describes how USAID and FPLM contributed to the dramatic improvement of Bangladesh's family planning logistics system.
Before & After: Improved Warehousing in Amhara Region
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USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication
2007
This brief illustrates how dejunking at Ethiopian warehouses in the Debre Birhan zone increased storage, reduced expiry, and sped up identification and shipment of health commodities.
Before & After: Solving Storage Challenges in Amhara Region
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USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication
2007
This brief illustrates how dejunking in Ethiopia’s zonal warehouse in Woldiya added storage space, solved critical electrical and moisture problems, and supported solid inventory management practices.
Building Support for Contraceptive Security in Benin
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DELIVER
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2002
Describes how Benin's investment in permanent logistics staff has helped strengthen its ability to make contraceptives available when and where they are needed.
Contraceptive Security Brief: Hormonal Implants
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USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication
2008
This brief discusses trends in the demand for implants in selected countries, the cost of implants compared with other methods, and issues that might arise for the supply chain management of implants. It concludes with recommendations to ensure their availability and accessibility in family planning programs.
Delivering HIV/AIDS Commodities to Customers: Lessons Learned in Supply Chain Management
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DELIVER
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2006
Drawing on examples from DELIVER’s work in-country, this paper illustrates how certain characteristics of HIV/AIDS programs affect the supply chain management of HIV/AIDS commodities. Although not a comprehensive “lesson learned” document, this paper introduces possible approaches for addressing HIV/AIDS program characteristics from a supply chain perspective.
Developing a Strategy for Contraceptive Security in Bangladesh
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DELIVER
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2002
Explains the development of policies to ensure contraceptive security in Bangladesh.
Developing a Strategy for Contraceptive Security in Ghana
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DELIVER
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2002
Explains the development of policies to ensure contraceptive security in Ghana.
Evaluating Products and Services at the Same Time
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DELIVER
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2004
Describes how DELIVER and the AIDS/HIV Integrated Model District Programme (AIM) conducted an innovative joint evaluation of the national supply chain for health commodities and the prevention, care, and treatment of HIV/AIDS in much of the country.
Focus on Results: Kenya
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DELIVER
Date of Publication
2007
Building and strengthening public-sector capacity to manage increasingly complex logistics systems in Kenya has been both the role of DELIVER and its challenge. This short paper describes how close collaboration with the Kenyan Ministry of Health over the past 10 years has resulted in increased product availability.
Focus on Results: Malawi
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DELIVER
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2007
Periodic logistics system assessments, a vital element of DELIVER’s work in Malawi, provide critical data that help guide the implementation of activities and improve the availability of reproductive health commodities. This short paper describes select findings from logistics assessments conducted in 2004 and 2006.
Focus on Results: Mali
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DELIVER
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2007
Since 2001, the DELIVER project has provided assistance to the MOH to improve the health commodity logistics system performance, increase human capacity in logistics, and strengthen reproductive health commodity
security in Mali. This short paper describes system interventions that have taken place.
Focus on Results: Nigeria
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DELIVER
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2007
Since 2000, DELIVER has been working in Nigeria to strengthen supply chain management of family planning commodities and to help the country move toward contraceptive security (CS). In 2004 DELIVER/Nigeria expanded its scope by applying its expertise to HIV/AIDS logistics management.
Focus on Results: Rwanda
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DELIVER
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2007
At the time DELIVER began working in Rwanda in 2002, the supply chain for health supplies was essentially nonexistent. To address this gap, DELIVER
collaborated with Rwanda’s Ministry of Health (MOH) to strengthen the supply chain and ensure consistent availability of contraceptives and condoms at health facilities. This short paper describes some of the key findings from the logistics assessments
conducted in 2004 and 2006.
Focus on Results: Uganda
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DELIVER
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2007
In 2001, the DELIVER project began work in Uganda with the goal of improving its logistics system for essential drugs and contraceptives. This short paper is based on the assessments from DELIVER/Uganda during the life of the project.
FPLM Trainee Teaches Albania about Family Planning
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Family Planning Logistics Management (FPLM)
Date of Publication
2000
Describes the efforts of an Albanian doctor to forge a national family planning program.
Health Logistics Quarterly (Ethiopia)
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USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication
2008
The first edition of the Health Logistics Quarterly, a Ministry of Health (MOH) newsletter developed by the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
How Do You Build a Storage Facility?
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DELIVER
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2003
An article on DELIVER's role in updating health commodity storage facilities in Nepal.
How to Cut 100 Steps from Your Contraceptive Supply Chain
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DELIVER
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2003
Describes Ghana's use of process mapping as a tool for the improvement of supply chain efficiency.
Implementing Logistics Systems in Areas Affected by Conflict
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DELIVER
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2004
Explains how logistics planning is often overlooked in the struggle to create, support, and fund reproductive health programs for the world's 37 million refugees and displaced persons.
Importance of Choice
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DELIVER
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2003
Describes reproductive health commodity trends in El Salvador and how the country is preparing for the phaseout of contraceptive donations.
Importance of Logistics: No Product? No Program
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DELIVER
Date of Publication
2002
Explains why logistics is critical to the success of health programs.
Improving Contraceptive Security in West Africa
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DELIVER
Date of Publication
2004
This article highlights efforts to move toward contraceptive security in West Africa.
Influence of Logistics on Contraceptive Use
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Ali Karim
Date of Publication
2005
Explains the importance of logistics to family planning programs. Refers to a study that shows contraceptive use would drop by nearly one-fifth in developing countries with less efficient supply chain management.
In Kenya, Logistics Project Helps to Extend the Coverage of STI Drugs: Update
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DELIVER
Date of Publication
2003
Describes how logistics software helped government officials use STI drug kits more efficiently.
Innovative Training Materials Help Senegal's Family Planning Efforts
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DELIVER
Date of Publication
2001
Explains the use of visual aids to teach logistics skills to storekeepers in Senegal.
Jordan Takes Control of Its Logistics System: Update
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DELIVER
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2003
This update tracks the long-term achievements made by Jordan's contraceptive logistics system since receiving technical assistance in the 1990s.
Learning Logistics by Doing It
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Family Planning Logistics Management (FPLM)
Date of Publication
2000
A detailed account of how FPLM trainers teach logistics to program managers from around the world by simulating a reproductive health supply chain in the classroom.
Lessons Learned in Managing Laboratory Supplies
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DELIVER
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2006
Describes the key lessons DELIVER has learned in its efforts to strengthen logistics systems for laboratory supplies.
Logistics Line: Contraceptive Security in Bangladesh (April 2005)
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DELIVER/Bangladesh
Date of Publication
2005
The first issue of a newsletter exploring issues of contraceptive security in Bangladesh.
Logistics Software Helps Health Programs Reach Remote Areas
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Family Planning Logistics Management (FPLM)
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2000
Describes how the development of an innovative computer program has helped Kenya keep remote health clinics stocked with contraceptives.
Measuring Family Planning Logistics System Performance in Developing Countries
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USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication
2008
This logistics brief provides insight into whether the LSAT is an effective measure of logistics system performance by developing an index from the items the tool measures and then testing the reliability and validity of the index.
Media Coverage of West Africa CS Media Workshop
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2005
Selected media coverage of the West Africa Contraceptive Security Media Advocacy Workshop held in Senegal in May 2005. NOTE: This document is in French.
Nepal Braves Integration, and Comes Out Ahead: Update
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DELIVER
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2003
Explores Nepal's successful integration of eight public health logistics systems into one system.
New Procurement Manuals Guide Long-Term Contraceptive Procurement in Bangladesh
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DELIVER
Date of Publication
2003
Three recently published manuals produced for Bangladesh outline a set of fundamental procurement procedures that could be adapted to any country seeking to purchase health commodities on a long-term basis.
Policy Brief: Global Fund Financing of Condoms and Contraceptive Security
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USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication
2008
Policy brief summarizes publicly available data on the amount of Global Fund financing that has been made available for the procurement of condoms in recent years, and outlines opportunities to strengthen reproductive health commodity security through the use of Global Fund financing.
Policy Brief: The Global Fund Supports Reproductive Health Commodity Security
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USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication
2008
This policy brief shows how the new Global Fund Round 8 provides opportunities to fund reproductive health supplies, including contraceptives. It also provides advocacy messages that can help encourage countries to procure contraceptives with Global Fund financing, and discusses the considerations to be made when planning for these procurements.
Policy Update: Global Fund in Rwanda Agrees to Finance Contraceptives
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USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication
2008
This Policy Update discusses the decision, by local Global Fund stakeholders, to fund contraceptives in Rwanda. Although Global Fund financing has been used in the past to finance condoms in a number of countries, Rwanda is believed to be the first country to fund contraceptives as part of its efforts to fight HIV and AIDS.
Preservice Logistics Training in Bolivia
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DELIVER
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2004
Describes a national logistics curriculum that is now taught in all 39 public nursing programs in Bolivia.
Segmenting Markets To Maximize Contraceptive Security
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DELIVER
Date of Publication
2002
This article recounts discussions conducted at a December 2001 Critical Issues seminar on market segmentation.
State of the Practice Brief: Bolivia: Meeting the Millennium Challenge: Women and Their Families Can Survive and Thrive Through Expanded Access to Family Planning
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DELIVER
Date of Publication
2006
Many Bolivians reside in remote and difficult-to-reach areas and therefore face major challenges to accessing basic health services. In spite of barriers to access, the overall contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) increased from 48 percent in 1998 to 58 percent in 2003, while use of modern methods also increased from 25 percent to 35 percent, suggesting that Bolivian women and men have increasingly embraced the importance of planning their families. Click the link above to download the full text of this brief.
State of the Practice Brief: Dominican Republic: Guaranteeing Universal Access to Family Planning
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DELIVER
Date of Publication
2006
As a result of increased attention to maternal and child health care in the Dominican Republic, the total fertility rate per woman in union dropped slightly from 3.7 children in 1986 to 3 children in 2002. Furthermore, the contraceptive prevalence rate (any method) increased dramatically from 56 percent in 1991 to 70 percent in 2002. Click the link above to download the full text of this brief.
State of the Practice Brief: Ecuador: Constructing a Secure Safety Net for Mothers and Children through Guaranteed Access to Basic Health Care
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DELIVER
Date of Publication
2006
Ecuador has experienced a steady decrease in total fertility rate (TFR), from 5.4 children per woman in 1979 to 3.3 in 2004. Moreover, during the last two decades, Ecuador has more than doubled its contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR), from 34 percent in 1979 to 73 percent in 2004 for all methods, suggesting that Ecuadorian women have increasingly embraced the importance of planning their families. Click the link above to download the full text of this brief.
State of the Practice Brief: El Salvador: Securing Essential Contraceptive Supplies for All Who Need Them
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DELIVER
Date of Publication
2006
In 2003, the total fertility rate in El Salvador was 3 children per woman, having dropped slightly from 3.6 children in 1998. Although the overall fertility rate disguises some differences between urban (2.4) and rural (3.8) rates, this gradual change in total fertility indicates a return on the investments in family planning that were made by the government and donors during the 1990s. Click the link above to download the full text of this brief.
State of the Practice Brief: Guatemala: Ensuring a Voice and a Choice for Women
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DELIVER
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2006
Guatemala, like many Latin American countries, has a long history of inequity in providing basic health care, including lack of access to reproductive health services and lack of quality affordable contraceptives. Nonetheless, primarily because clients became more knowledgeable about family planning (FP) and benefited from increased access to services in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) rose dramatically, from 38 percent in 1999 to 43 percent in 2002. Click the link above to download the full text of this brief.
State of the Practice Brief: Honduras: Moving Contraceptive Security Forward with Political Commitment and Financial Capital
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DELIVER
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2006
Like other Latin American countries, Honduras has steadily and significantly decreased its total fertility rate (TFR) in recent years, from an average of 5.6 children per woman in 1987 to 3.3 in 2005. Honduras has also made impressive gains in its contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR), with an increase in use of all methods from 41 percent in 1987 to 65 percent in 2005. Click the link above to download the full text of this brief.
State of the Practice Brief: Nicaragua: Increasing Families’ Access to Improved and Expanded Family Planning Services through Political Commitment
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DELIVER
Date of Publication
2006
The contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) has significantly increased over the past decade—from 60 percent in 1998 to 69 percent in 2001, and from 51 percent to 62 percent in rural areas. Use of modern methods also has increased, from 57 percent in 1998 to 66 percent by 2001, with similar trends in rural and urban areas. Click the link above to download the full text of this brief.
State of the Practice Brief: Paraguay: Guaranteeing Widespread Access to a Broad Choice of Contraceptives
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DELIVER
Date of Publication
2006
Despite a history of unstable family planning (FP) programs since 1977, in recent years Paraguay has made remarkable gains in contraceptive prevalence rates and ensuring increased availability of FP services for all. Consequently, the total fertility rate has dropped from 4.3 to 2.9 births per woman. Click the link above to download the full text of this brief.
State of the Practice Brief: Peru: Meeting the Contraceptive Needs of Families through Strong Central-Level Capacity and Active Public Participation
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DELIVER
Date of Publication
2006
Government spending on health and family planning (FP) increased in Peru during the late 1990s, and as a result, health indicators improved markedly. However, even though the economy has grown in recent years, government health expenditures as a percentage of the gross domestic product have declined, from 2.5 percent in 2000 to 2.1 percent in 2003. Click the link above to download the full text of this brief.
Success Story: Market Segmentation: Helping Target the Right Programs to the Right Clients
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DELIVER
Date of Publication
2006
Greater attention is now being paid to a whole-market approach that emphasizes a rational balance between the roles of the public sector, nongovernmental organizations, social marketing companies, and the private sector in providing contraceptives to clients. DELIVER’s work on market segmentation is helping countries identify which types of family planning providers can best meet the needs of different population groups. Click the link above to download a copy.
Supply Chain Management E-Newsletter: Quarter 1, 2008
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USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication
2008
This quarterly publication includes articles on supply chain best practices, public and private sector supply chain technology, project topics, and descriptions and evaluations of pilot programs.
Supply Chain Management E-Newsletter: Quarter 2, 2008
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USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication
2008
This quarterly publication includes articles on supply chain best practices, public and private sector supply chain technology, project topics, and descriptions and evaluations of pilot programs.
Supply Chain Management E-Newsletter: Quarter 3, 2008
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USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication
2008
This quarterly publication includes articles on supply chain best practices, public and private sector supply chain technology, project topics, and descriptions and evaluations of pilot programs.
Sustaining Family Planning Successes in Nicaragua
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DELIVER
Date of Publication
2005
Describes how logistics improvements have lead to better contraceptive availability in Nicaragua and explores future challenges as donor support for commodities continues to decrease.
The Health Logistics Press (Zambia)
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USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication
2008
The first issue of The Health Logistics Press, a Ministry of Health (MOH) newsletter developed by the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT office in Zambia.
The Health Logistics Press (Zambia), April-June 2008
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USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication
2008
The second issue of The Health Logistics Press, a Ministry of Health (MOH) newsletter developed by the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT office in Zambia.
Using National Resources to Finance Contraceptive Procurement
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USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication
2008
Countries use many sources of financing to obtain the contraceptive commodities needed for the public sector. Many countries are beginning to use their own national resources, whether from internally generated funding or from other sources such as World Bank loans or basket funds, to finance contraceptives. The USAID | DELIVER PROJECT conducted a survey to determine to what extent this type of financing is being used in developing countries. This brief describes the survey findings and offers a general discussion of such financing.
Web Sharing Tool Is Key to Supply Initiative's Collaborative Strategy
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DELIVER
Date of Publication
2003
An article on DELIVER's role in establishing and managing the RHInterchange, a web-based tool to coordinate efficient procurement of reproductive health supplies among multiple donors.
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