Measuring Contraceptive Security Indicators in 36 Countries
Click the link above to download findings on contraceptive security indicators in 36 different countries. The information is available in both PDF and Excel formats.
(April 22, 2010)
Focus on In-Country Supply Chains
In Global Health Magazine Prashant Yadav, professor of Supply Chain Management at MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics program in Spain, discusses why in-country supply chains are vital to health systems. Click the link above to access the article.
(January 29, 2010)
Secretary Clinton to Recommit U.S. to Reproductive Health
Please click the link above to learn how you can listen to Secretary Clinton's speech. Note: Secretary Clinton's speech has been rescheduled to January 8th due to weather conditions in Washington.
(December 18, 2009)
Summary of the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT LAC Procurement Options Workshop
Held in Cartagena, Colombia, the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Procurement Options Workshop brought together public health teams from eight countries in the LAC region. To read more, and to view the agenda and a presentation giving an overview of topics covered during the workshop, please click the link above.
(October 08, 2009)
USAID | DELIVER PROJECT Trains USAID Junior Officers and Project Staff in Commodity Security and Logistics
Twenty-three participants from USAID and the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT gathered at the project’s office in Arlington, Virginia, on August 3–7, for the Short Course on Supply Chain Management for Commodity Security for Junior Officers. The course, designed for public health professionals who work overseas, focuses on key concepts of commodity security and logistics. To read more, please click the link above.
(August 13, 2009)
Optimizing the Supply Chain: A User's Guide to Software Now Available
On behalf of the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition, the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT has developed a new user's guide to different software applications currently in use to manage supply chains. Please click the link above to learn more and to view the publication.
(June 15, 2009)
USAID | DELIVER PROJECT Publishes Task Order 1 Annual Report
The USAID | DELIVER PROJECT Task Order 1 (TO1) annual report covers the period from October 2007 to September 2008. TO1 has been very active, effective, and responsive in our second year of operation. The project is committed to a customer-oriented approach with a focus on the project’s goal—improved availability of public health commodities for our ultimate clients. To learn more, and to download the annual report, please click the link above.
(March 26, 2009)
Rwanda’a Strong Supply Chain Responds to Increased Demand for Contraceptives
The USAID | DELIVER PROJECT recently published "A Strong Supply Chain Responds to Increased Demand for Contraceptives in Rwanda," a success story highlighting how, during the last 10 years, the many changes made by the Rwandan Ministry of Health and its partners (including the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT) led to an increased demand for family planning at the local level. For more information, click the link above.
(February 12, 2009)
USAID | DELIVER PROJECT Releases New Success Story on DTTU System
The USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, Task Order 1, recently published the success story Delivery Team Topping Up: Bringing About Reliable Distribution in Difficult Environments. For more information and to download a copy of the publication, click the link above.
(January 28, 2009)
Use of GIS in Guatemala Provides Invaluable Analysis of Equity and Unmet Need for Contraceptives
In October, the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) contraceptive security initiative team presented results from a recent study to attendees at the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) 2008 Health Geographic Information System (GIS) conference in Washington, D.C., and at a regional LAC conference on contraceptive security (CS) and equity. For more information, click the link above.
(January 22, 2009)
USAID | DELIVER PROJECT Awards New Contract for the Procurement of Oral Contraceptives
At USAID's request, the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT competitively awarded a new orals contract to Bayer Schering Pharma for the procurement of Microgynon and Combination3, low-dose combination oral contraceptives, and Microlut, a progestin-only pill. Click the link above for more information.
(December 10, 2008)
Global Fund in Rwanda Agrees to Finance Contraceptives
In a significant step for both contraceptive security and HIV prevention in Rwanda, local Global Fund stakeholders have decided to fund contraceptives by providing a three-year commitment worth more than US$2.4 million from Round 7 Funds. Global Fund financing has been used in the past to finance condoms in a number of countries, but Rwanda is believed to be the first country to fund contraceptives as part of its efforts to fight HIV/AIDS. For more information, click the link above.
(October 20, 2008)
The SPARHCS Process Guide Is Now Available
A companion to the Strategic Pathway to Reproductive Health Commodity Security (SPARHCS) tool, the SPARHCS Process Guide: A Planning Resource to Improve Reproductive Health Commodity Security is intended for use by program managers, consultants, and technical assistance providers to assist them in carrying out SPARHCS. For more information, click the link above.
(October 02, 2008)
USAID | DELIVER PROJECT Offers New Course—Commodity Security: Principles and Practice
The goal of this course is to increase participants’ knowledge and understanding of how strengthening policy level commitment, financial resources and local capacity ensure an environment that enables and sustains commodity security. For more information, click the link above.
(September 29, 2008)
Training of Trainers Helps Ethiopia Move Closer to Contraceptive Security
Contraceptive Security (CS)—in 2003 it was a concept only a small number of people in Ethiopia understood. But that started to change on July 4th of that year when technical advisors from the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT and a group of Ethiopian participants finished the first Ethiopian Contraceptive Logistics System Training of Trainers at the Papyrus Hotel in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Click the link above for more information.
(July 25, 2008)
New Supplies Information Database Now Available on the RHSC Website
Early in July, the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC) introduced its new Supplies Information Database (SID). Using the SID, an online reference library, you can now access more than 6,000 records with information on the status of reproductive health supplies at the country level. To learn more, click the link above.
(July 24, 2008)
Nigeria Develops Health Commodity Supply Chain Strategy
On April 16–17, in Abuja, Nigeria, the Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) and the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT sponsored a national workshop to develop a strategy for strengthening Nigeria’s health commodity supply chains. Seventy-five representatives and experts from government agencies, development partners, program implementers, and other health system stakeholders gathered to develop a comprehensive supply chain management system strategic plan that supports national health goals and program activities. For more information click on the link above.
(May 08, 2008)
Using National Resources to Finance Contraceptive Procurement
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. The USAID |DELIVER PROJECT conducted a survey to determine the extent to which countries are using this type of financing. Click on the link above to read about survey findings in a new advocacy brief.
(April 05, 2008)
New Global Fund Policies Offer Opportunities to Boost Reproductive Health Commodity Security
New developments for Round 8 of the Global Fund financing could help support and strengthen reproductive health commodity security (RHCS). Launched on March 3, 2008, Round 8 will support countries that want to use Global Fund grants to finance reproductive health commodity procurement. The project has identified several possible ways to ensure that RH supplies, including contraceptives, are included in Round 8 funding proposals to improve RHSC. Click on the link above to read more.
(April 02, 2008)
Association for Public Health Logisticians Takes Root
In May 2007, the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT helped establish an association for public health logisticians working in low-resource countries: The International Association of Public Health Logisticians (IAPHL). One member describes the association as a forum for supply chain professionals to ask their peers critical questions about their current challenges. IAPHL is the first organization of its kind. Click on the link above to learn more.
(March 12, 2008)
USAID Contracts with the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT for Centralized Procurement of Male Condoms
USAID has tasked the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT with negotiating and awarding contracts for male condoms. The solicitation for male condom contracts will include purchase quantities for USAID supported public, social marketing and other private sector family planning and HIV/AIDS prevention programs worldwide. The RFP will be available at the end of March 2008. For more information click the link above.
(March 10, 2008)
Logistics Management Information System Brings Success to Romania’s Rural Family Planning Program
With the logistics management information system now functioning in all of Romania’s 42 districts, reliable distribution of free contraceptives is ensured. Furthermore, the quality and reliability of information collected in the LMIS make it useful for monitoring and managing other programs that distribute free products, such as vitamin D and iron supplements. For more information, click on the link above.
(September 19, 2007)
New Advanced Training of Trainers Course Marks the Fourth Anniversary of Contraceptive Logistics Training in Ethiopia
Eighteen to twenty million dollars of contraceptives will flow through the supply chain for the Ethiopia Ministry of Health this year. This major increase contrasts sharply with the much smaller and poorly documented quantities that were in the supply chain in July 2003, when the first contraceptive logistics system (CLS) training took place in Bahir Dar. Click the link above to read the full article.
(July 29, 2007)
Bill Clinton in Zambia: Tours Warehouse, Views National Logistics System and Pledges Continued Support
On July 21, 2007, former President Bill Clinton toured the central warehouse in Lusaka, Zambia, with a team of three members of the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, John Snow, Inc., staff, and Ministry of Health (MOH) officials, including the Minister of Health, the Honorable Brian Chituwo, as well as Dr. Simon Miti, Permanent Secretary, and Tom Brown, Medical Supplies Limited (MSL) Head of Logistics. Click the link above to read the full article.
(July 29, 2007)
Case Studies Highlight Long-Term Family Planning Successes in Russia and Romania
Two new companion case studies describe the tremendous success of various aspects of the Russian Maternal and Child Health Initiative (MCHI) and the Romanian Family Health Initiative (RFHI) and offer lessons learned. The MCHI study details a family planning approach that complements the rural-focused, family doctor-based strategy used by RFHI. For more information and to download or view the studies, click on the link above.
(June 09, 2007)
New Papers Highlight Logistics System Improvements in Six African Countries
As part of the "Focus on Results" series, six new papers outline health logistics system improvements in Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Uganda. Each paper summarizes the results of technical assistance provided by the DELIVER project from 2000-2006 to strengthen supply chains and promote commodity security. The papers also include key data from formal system assessments and describe continuing challenges. Click on the link above to download or view the papers.
(May 09, 2007)
USAID Contracts with the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT for Centralized Procurement of Intrauterine Devices
USAID has tasked the project with negotiating and awarding a contract for intrauterine devices (IUDs) on USAID’s behalf. The solicitation for the IUD contract(s) will be available in mid-2007 and will include the purchase of quantities to support both public- and private-sector programs. Click on the link above for more information.
(May 09, 2007)
John Snow, Inc., Issues RFP for Oral Contraceptives
John Snow, Inc., has issued a Request for Proposal for the manufacture and supply of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) or stringent regulatory authority (SRA) approved oral contraceptives to the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT. Click on the link above for more information.
(April 09, 2007)
New Report Offers Practical Experience in Improving Contraceptive Security
A new report, titled Contraceptive Security: Practical Experience in Improving Global, Regional, National, and Local Product Availability, reflects the findings of the contraceptive security work undertaken by the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT over the last six years, providing a record of work completed and valuable lessons learned. For more information click the link above.
(April 09, 2007)
USAID Contracts with the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT for Centralized Procurement of Oral Contraceptives
USAID has tasked the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT with negotiating and awarding a contract for oral contraceptive pills on behalf of USAID. The solicitation for the oral contraceptive pill contract(s) will include purchase quantities to support both public- and private-sector programs; it will be available in early 2007. For more information click the link above.
(November 09, 2006)
DELIVER Presentations at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association
DELIVER staff will appear on the panel “Financing and Pharmaceuticals: How Do We Make Cost-Effective Choices?," and will present a poster at the “Taking Care of Mothers” session at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, November 4-8, 2006. For more information, click the link above.
(November 04, 2006)
Event Presents Key Findings on Contraceptive Security in Latin America and the Caribbean
On October 25, 2006, at the National Press Club, a USAID event titled “State of the Practice: Contraceptive Security in Latin America and the Caribbean” presented key findings on contraceptive security in the region. Click on the link above to access presentations and publications shared at the event.
(October 26, 2006)
Updated Version of the Contraceptive Security Index Now Available
The Contraceptive Security Index 2006: A Tool for Priority Setting and Planning helps program managers and policymakers measure and monitor a country's level of contraceptive security. It consists of 17 indicators—such as poverty level, method mix, and forecasting ability—that cover the primary components of contraceptive security (supply chain, finance, health and social environment, access, and utilization). The 2006 index rates 63 countries, six more than the original 2003 index. Because it uses the same methodology as the 2003 index, the new index enables users to draw comparisons at the aggregate level (i.e., by region, component, and total score) between 2003 and 2006. For more information about the index, click on the link above.
(October 09, 2006)
What Is the New USAID | DELIVER Project?
The USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded project, improves essential health commodity supply chains by strengthening logistics management information systems, streamlining distribution systems, identifying financial resources for procurement and supply chain operation, and enhancing forecasting and procurement planning. For more information about the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, click the link above.
(October 01, 2006)
DELIVER to Present Posters at the XVI International AIDS Conference
DELIVER will be presenting eight posters at the XVI International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2006) to be held in Toronto, Canada from August 13-18, 2006. DELIVER’s posters will cover such topics as supply chain design for delivering pediatric antiretroviral drugs (ARVs), policy considerations for antiretroviral therapy (ART), and the use of biometric smart cards to track patients. For more information about DELIVER’s poster presentations at the conference, click the link above.
(August 13, 2006)
Supply Chain Course Alumna Luz Muego: Ensuring Contraceptive Security in Pangasinan, Philippines
Luz Muego has been the Provincial Population Officer in Pangasinan Province, Philippines, since 1993. She attended the DELIVER project’s Supply Chain Logistics for Commodity Security course in South Africa in September 2003, and has put the knowledge she gained to very good use, not only in sustaining an effective logistics system, but also in ensuring that family planning clients always have reliable access to contraceptives whenever they need them. For more information about her work in the Philippines, click the link above.
(July 28, 2006)
DELIVER/Bangladesh: A Success to Build On
“DELIVER/Bangladesh is a model,” notes a new U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) assessment report on the DELIVER project’s work in Bangladesh, “of how USAID can enhance the implementation of other donor funding, including other support provided by the U.S. Government as a major World Bank shareholder.” For more information, click the link above.
(June 08, 2006)
Presentations from DELIVER Critical Issues Series Event Are Available
Presentations from "Delivering HIV/AIDS Commodities to Customers: Insights and Partnerships for Seamless Supply Chains," the Critical Issues Series event presented by DELIVER at the National Press Club on, May 24, 2006, are available on the DELIVER website. Click the link above for more information.
(May 25, 2006)
A DELIVER Critical Issues Series Event: Delivering HIV/AIDS Commodities to Customers
From testing for HIV to providing ART and drugs for palliative care to people
living with HIV/AIDS, supply chains are critical for all HIV/AIDS programs. To
be held on May 24, "Delivering HIV/AIDS Commodities to Customers: Insights
and Partnerships for Seamless Supply Chains"—a Critical Issues Series event
presented by the DELIVER Project—is a full-day program bringing together stakeholders
who influence, implement, or integrate HIV/AIDS supply chains, enabling participants
to better understand how to develop and implement comprehensive and effective
supply chain strategies that will ensure the availability of HIV/AIDS commodities. Click the link above for more information.
(April 02, 2006)
Integrating Family Planning into HIV/AIDS Programs: How Nigeria’s Reproductive Health Division Is Facing the Challenge
“We didn’t want to have just family planning services,” explained Dr. Olapeju Adenusi, head of the family planning program at the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), “we wanted integrated services—free family planning services as an entry point into related reproductive health services, such as cancer screenings and services for sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV/AIDS.” Click the link above for more information.
(February 08, 2006)
Improving Malawi’s Health Commodity Supply Chain
“The cost per month for distributing commodities to all the districts in the southern region was about 65 million Malawi Kwacha (MK) per month,” explained Veronica Chipeta, resident logistics advisor (RLA) for the DELIVER project in Malawi. Health officials then realized that by using a direct delivery system, costs would drop from 65 million to 38 million MK per month. Click the link above for more information.
(January 08, 2006)
New Publication Explains the Influence of Logistics on Contraceptive Use
A new On Track article summarizes a recent DELIVER study on the influence of logistics on contraceptive use. The study concludes that contraceptive use would drop by nearly one-fifth in developing countries with less efficient supply chain management. To access the article, click on the link above.
(January 02, 2006)
East Africa Workshop Focuses on Reproductive Health Contraceptive Security
Held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from November 15 to 18, the East Africa Reproductive Health Contraceptive Security Workshop: Ensuring Access to Family Planning gathered key stakeholders to respond to priority issues affecting reproductive health contraceptive security (RHCS) in the region. For more information and presentations, click on the link above.
(January 02, 2006)
APHA Conference
DELIVER staff give six presentations at the 2005 annual conference of the American Public Health Association. Topics range from the equity of family planning use to accurately forecasting health commodity needs. December 10-14, 2005. Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(December 10, 2005)
Presentations at APHA Conference to Focus on Logistics and Commodity Security
DELIVER staff will give six presentations at the 2005 annual conference of the American Public Health Association from December 10-14. Topics range from the equity of family planning use to accurately forecasting health commodity needs. Click on the link above for more information.
(December 01, 2005)
Sustaining Family Planning Successes in Nicaragua
Nicaragua has been able to clearly identify supply chain weaknesses and address them, vastly increasing
public access to contraceptives through improved product management. Read about recent logistics and family planning successes in Nicaragua and the effort to sustain them in this new On Track article.
(August 08, 2005)
Developing a New Family Planning Policy in Rwanda
Traveling to Rwanda in mid-May, 2005, Hany Abdallah and Paul Dowling, consultants for DELIVER, planned a series of advocacy activities to generate greater support for family planning and contraceptive security in the country's Ministry of Health. Soon after their arrival and thanks to consultation with USAID's local mission, Abdallah and Dowling aggressively expanded their work.
(July 28, 2005)
Assessing the Impact of an RH Supply Stockout in Kparigu, Ghana
When Nafisah died in the remote northern Ghanaian village of Kparigu while giving birth to her third child, the family accused an elder sister of having jealously used witchcraft to foul the pregnancy, and banished her from their village. Although it’s hard to know exactly how many stories like Nafisah’s can be directly traced to the condom shortage at that time, the abrupt changes that occurred in communities where condom use had become part of everyday life were evident.
(July 28, 2005)
Dhaka University Hosts Contraceptive Security Symposium
The Population Sciences Department of Dhaka University and JSI/DELIVER held a seminar on contraceptive security on July 26th, 2005, in Dhaka for students, faculty, and others. Click on the link above to learn more.
(July 27, 2005)
Bangladesh Office Publishes Contraceptive Security Newsletter
DELIVER/Bangladesh has published the first issue of Logistics Line, a newsletter focusing on contraceptive security issues. Click on the link above to learn more or to view the publication as a PDF file.
(July 18, 2005)
Logistics Experts Present Lessons Learned from IMCI, Injection Safety, and Contraceptive Security Efforts
Logistics issues dominated the discussion Friday morning, June 3, at a Global Health Council annual meeting session in Washington, DC. JSI staff representing projects in Africa and Europe debated issues related to the integrated management of childhood illness, safe injection, and contraceptive security.
(June 08, 2005)
Panel Discusses Challenges to Pediatric ART
On Wednesday, June 1, at the Global Health Council annual conference in Washington, DC, JSI/DELIVER hosted a panel discussion and reception entitled “A Growing Challenge: Ensuring Access to ARVs for Kids.” Speakers included Mary Lyn Field-Nguer, Director of Global HIV/AIDS Programs at John Snow Inc.; Steve Hawkins, Director of ARV Supply and Logistics at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation; and Claudia Allers, a Public Health Logistics Advisor with JSI/DELIVER. Click on the link above for more information or to view the presentation.
(June 08, 2005)
Global Health Council Annual Conference
DELIVER hosts two auxiliary panels, a skills-building session, a roundtable dicussion, and an information booth at the 2005 Global Health Council conference in Washington, DC. May 31-June 3, 2005. Click the link above for more details.
(May 31, 2005)
JSI/DELIVER Assists in Emergency Airlift of Essential Drugs in Nepal
"This is not a routine activity," noted Dr. Janardan Lamichhane, Team Leader for Logistics, with JSI's Nepal Family Health Program (NFHP), "but an unplanned and urgent one." Click on the link above to learn more about DELIVER's role in an emergency airlift of essential drugs.
(May 18, 2005)
New Papers on Commodity Security in West Africa Available
Ten new policy papers on reproductive health commodity security in West Africa are now available. They cover topics ranging from pooled procurement and local manufacturing to logistics system capacity and private sector participation. Click on the link above for more information.
(May 18, 2005)
Bringing Contraceptive Security to the Airwaves
In early May 2005, a workshop in Saly, Senegal, brought together parliamentarians, family planning stakeholders, and media representatives from five countries in Francophone West Africa (Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal) to promote the idea that media are important advocates for contraceptive security. The workshop oriented health journalists on contraceptive security concepts and issues, and built journalist relationships with in-country experts and family planning advocates. Click on the link above to learn more.
(May 18, 2005)
What is Coordinated Informed Buying?
In April 2005, DELIVER consultants Hany Abdallah and Mimi Whitehouse traveled to Senegal, Ghana, and Burkina Faso to begin a study on the potential use of coordindated informed buying (CIB) for reproductive health commodities by the 15 countries that make up the Economic Community of West African States. What is CIB? Click on the link above to find out.
(April 28, 2005)
Decentralizing Logistics in the Philippines
As part of USAID's "LEAD for Health" project in the Philippines, DELIVER is currently working in Pangasinan province, Davao Del Norte province, and Davao City to help adapt the existing national Contraceptive Distribution Logistics Management Information System (CDLMIS) to fit local needs.
(April 08, 2005)
Closing Ghana’s Contraceptive Funding Gap
With increasing financial resources coming from its own national budget and a continued commitment from donors, Ghana will be able to procure enough contraceptives in 2005 to meet a continually rising demand. The government’s attention has now turned to procurements for 2006 and beyond.
(April 01, 2005)
Read about the Creation of a Logistics Law in Bolivia
Logistics isn’t just a good idea in Bolivia, it’s the law. In December 2002, the Bolivian government enacted the Sistema Nacional Unico de Suministros (SNUS), a comprehensive set of regulations for managing essential medicines and health supplies. As one of the first countries to move logistics from operational manuals to the law books, Bolivia is providing a durable support structure for the success of its vast public health system.
(March 08, 2005)
Conference on Repositioning Family Planning in West Africa
DELIVER's Dana Aronovich presents posters on the Contraceptive Security Index 2003 and on Equity of Family Planning. February 15-18, 2005. Location: Accra, Ghana.
(February 15, 2005)
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Regional Contraceptive Security Forum
DELIVER, in conjunction with USAID and POLICY project, hosts a forum for policymakers from nine LAC countries. The forum promotes contraceptive security as a way to increase the sustainability of family planning programs and help enable graduation of those programs from donor support. October 24-27, 2004.
Location: Lima, Peru.
(October 24, 2004)
11th Canadian Conference on International Health
This year's conference theme is "The Politics of Health—Whose Reality Counts?" Dana Aronovich, DELIVER Research and Evaluation Associate, presents a poster on the distribution of family planning resources and contraceptive prevalence across socioeconomic groups. October 24-27, 2004.
Location: Ottawa, Canada.
(October 24, 2004)
Creating a Plan for Contraceptive Security in Togo
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) initiated the West Africa Regional Program (WARP) in 2001 to consolidate its development assistance in 18 countries. Although WARP has improved the impact of USAID's activities in West Africa, one consequence of the program's wide regional approach has been increased competition for contraceptive donations. Togo, in particular, must now create a plan to ensure that it has the contraceptives it needs to confront critical reproductive health challenges and to attain contraceptive security.
(September 27, 2004)
Bangladesh Moves Toward Contraceptive Security
DELIVER continues to help Bangladesh implement its 2002 Contraceptive Security (CS) Strategy. After completing a contraceptive market segmentation analysis in 2003, the DELIVER CS team worked to develop contraceptive financing and public-private partnership strategies to strengthen CS.
(September 23, 2004)
Achieving Contraceptive Security in El Salvador
El Salvador has already reached several important milestones in its efforts to achieve contraceptive security. With support from the U. S. Agency for International Development, the Salvadoran Ministry of Health has recently expanded people's access to contraceptives, particularly through community-based distribution.
(September 23, 2004)
Tanzania Works to Integrate Logistics Systems and Promote Contraceptive Security
The Tanzania Ministry of Health (MOH) is designing and will soon implement an integrated logistics system (ILS) for contraceptives, essential drugs, HIV/AIDS commodities, medical supplies, and other health commodities. DELIVER Resident Advisor Barry Chovitz is working on the design of the ILS and helping the Pharmaceutical Supply Unit of the MOH build organizational and individual capacity.
(September 10, 2004)
Assessing HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment in Nigeria
In February 2004, DELIVER and its partners conducted a rapid assessment of HIV/AIDS care and treatment services in Nigeria at the request of the U.S. Agency for International Development and in response to the President’s
Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in 15 priority countries.
(September 10, 2004)
XV International AIDS Conference
DELIVER shares an information booth with JSI in the exhibition hall and hosts a number of presentations. June 11-16, 2004.
Location: Bangkok, Thailand.
(July 11, 2004)
Conference on "Repositioning Reproductive Health in Africa—Linking Challenges with Best Practices"
This conference launches the Implementing Best Practices Initiative, a project of the World Health Organization's Department of Reproductive Health and Research (WHO/RHR), USAID, UNFPA, IPPF, and 16 other international partner agencies. Two DELIVER staff members lead sessions at the conference. June 20-25, 2004.
Location: Entebbe, Uganda.
(June 20, 2004)
DELIVER Co-Hosts Workshop on Media Advocacy for Contraceptive Security
Working with the Health Communication Partnership and the POLICY project, DELIVER recently organized a workshop on how to use mass media as a tool to advocate for contraceptive security. Results from this first-of-its-kind event showed that television, radio, and the press can help generate the political will needed for contraceptive security.
(October 05, 2003)
