Publications

Bangladesh Web-Based Logistics Management Information System (570 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2010
Brochure detailing the Bangladesh web-based LMIS

Bangladesh Upazila Inventory Management System Brochure (411 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2010
Brochure detailing the Upazila Inventory Management System

Uganda National Medical Stores and USAID | DELIVER PROJECT Training Improves Product Distribution (166 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2010
Together, the NMS and the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT organized a training on logistics and effective stores management in January 2009 for all NMS stores personnel. The training, using adult learning methodology, included interactive lectures, practical lessons, case studies, and group discussions.

Análisis del Mercado de Anticonceptivos en Nicaragua (4,920 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2010
El análisis de segmentación de mercado constituye una de las herramientas principales para conocer el mercado de anticonceptivos, visualizar dónde se están focalizando los recursos e identificar problemas de acceso y equidad entre quintiles socio-económicos. Este análisis muestra que los esfuerzos por expandir el acceso y el uso de planificación familiar en Nicaragua han sido exitosos, pero que aún existen discrepancias en la tasa global de fecundidad (TGF) y en la tasa de prevalencia anticonceptiva (TPA) entre los grupos socio-económicos y entre los grupos geográficos en Nicaragua.

Pakistan Workshop Report: Contraceptive Procurement, Quality Assurance, Contracting, Monitoring and Evaluation (364 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2009
Report on procurement workshop conducted by the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT for procurement officers from Pakistan's MOPW, MOH, National LHW, MNCH and AIDS programs between 28-30 September.

Nigeria: Reproductive Health Commodity Security Situation Analysis (1,384 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2009
Nigeria has been working toward achieving reproductive health commodity security(RHCS),starting with the development of an RHCS strategy in 2003. To further update and continue with the efforts, the authors conducted a reproductive health commodity security situation analysis to assess and understand the current situation. This RHCS situational analysis provides information for strengthening the efforts to improve RHCS and for developing an updated national strategic plan.

Lessons Learned in Supply Chain Management of HIV & AIDS Commodities (414 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2009
The lessons learned presented here are gleaned from the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT’s experience in designing and implementing HIV and AIDS commodity supply chains and strengthening health system capacity to manage HIV commodities.

Policy Brief: HIV & AIDS Commodity Security (358 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2009
HIV & AIDS commodity security is a holistic approach that brings together multiple programs, cross-cutting issues, and functions to meet the demands in the provision and use of HIV and AIDS commodities.

Estimating the Global In-Country Supply Chain Costs of Meeting the MDGs by 2015 (514 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2009
This concept note outlines a costing model, cites available information sources, and identifies data gaps for estimating globally the in-country supply chain costs to meet the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.

Customs Clearance Issues Related to the Import of Goods for Public Health Programs (1,321 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2009
Customs clearance procedures, regulated by recipient country governments, may change over time and can be quite complex. Failure by importers to master local customs clearance procedures, or customs procedures that are themselves prone to breakdowns, may cause long delivery delays, stock shortages, and even stockouts.

Using Geographic Information System Tools to Address Disparities in Access to Family Planning Services and Commodities in Latin America and the Caribbean (1,576 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2008
This paper demonstrates a methodology that Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) ministries of health can easily use to geographically identify and target scarce resources to improve access to family planning. Guatemala was chosen as a case study for implementing the methodology, in large part because of the disparities that exist between its different subpopulations. The results highlight the potential for applying this methodology in other countries in the LAC region.

Malawi: ARV Supply Chain Integration: An Assessment of the ARV and Essential Medicines Logistics Systems (5,614 KB)
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Author(s): Raja Rao, John Durgavich
Date of Publication 2008
A consultant team from the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT assessed the ARV and integrated essential medicines logistics systems to determine whether the antiretroviral (ARV) supply chain—of which several components are managed vertically to the Central Medical Stores (CMS) system—can be integrated into the CMS system without a loss of service.

A Strong Supply Chain Responds to Increased Demand for Contraceptives in Rwanda (417 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2009
Until 2002, the contraceptive logistics management system in Rwanda was weak. To remedy this, the MOH, with support from the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, decided to reorganize the contraceptive logistics system.

Supply Chain Strengthening as a Pathway to Improving Laboratory Services (1,092 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2009
For years, public sector laboratory networks in developing countries have been severely neglected in terms of human and financial resources and infrastructure. Investing in laboratory supply chains provides a practical approach to improving overall laboratory services.

Analysis of the Operational Policy Barriers to Financing and Procuring Contraceptives in Malawi (428 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | Health Policy Initiative, USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2008
The USAID | Health Policy Initiative and USAID | DELIVER Project are working together to develop a methodology for identifying operational policy barriers in the financing and procurement of family planning (FP) products. To pilot this methodology, the projects chose to conduct a study in Malawi.

Honduras: Validando las Areas Estratégicas del Plan de Graduación de USAID/Honduras: Plan de Acción e Implementación (2,485 KB)
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Author(s): Mercé Gascó, Nora Quesada
Date of Publication 2008
USAID | Honduras solicitó el apoyo del USAID | PROYECTO DELIVER para desarrollar un plan de acción e implementación de la estrategia de graduación de USAID. Este documento resume las actividades realizadas durante la preparación del plan de acción, los retos, conclusiones y recomendaciones para llevar a feliz término la implementación del plan. (This publication is only available in Spanish.)

Contraceptive Security Brief: Hormonal Implants (917 KB)
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Author(s): 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.

Nigeria: Rapid Assessment of HIV/AIDS Care in the Public and Private Sectors: Stages of Readiness Reports (4,709 KB)
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Author(s): DELIVER, PHRplus, Policy, Federal Ministry of Health
Date of Publication 2004
In February/March 2004, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), three United States Agency for International Development (USAID) partners (PHRplus, Policy and DELIVER) carried out a Rapid Assessment of HIV/AIDS Care in the Public and Private Sectors in Nigeria. The assessment focused on HIV/AIDS care and service delivery in the eight USAID focus States. This document contains the "Stage of Readiness" results of the sites visited.

Estudios de caso: la Disponibilidad Asegurada de Insumos Anticonceptivos en Institutos de Seguridad Social en Cinco Países de América Latina: Avances en el Acceso a Servicios e Insumos de Planificación Familiar (1,764 KB)
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Author(s): Anabella Sánchez, Wendy B. Abramson, Nora Quesada
Date of Publication 2008
En este documento se examinan los modelos que han implementado los institutos de seguridad social de cinco países en América Latina: El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Paraguay, y México, quienes han desarrollado intervenciones y políticas para avanzar en la disponibilidad asegurada de insumos anticonceptivos. También se incluyó el Instituto Mexicano de Seguridad Social (IMSS), por los logros que ha mantenido después de graduarse en la ayuda de donantes hace aproximadamente diez años. (This publication is only available in Spanish.)

Liberia: A Contraceptive Security Assessment (5,050 KB)
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Author(s): Meba Kagone, Paul Dowling, Jennifer Antilla, Ruth Cooper
Date of Publication 2007
An assessment of the contraceptive security (CS) situation in Liberia was carried out by a team of DELIVER consultants working with the Family Health Division of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW.)

Policy Update: Global Fund in Rwanda Agrees to Finance Contraceptives (415 KB)
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Author(s): 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.

Ensuring Reproductive Health Commodity Security within a Sector Wide Approach (895 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2008
Under a SWAp, a single government-led sector plan and expenditure program is supported by development partners involved in that sector (health or education, for example). All sector participants work to adopt common technical goals; and to harmonize monitoring and evaluation, reporting, and procurement systems.

Análisis del Mercado de Anticonceptivos en Honduras (590 KB)
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Author(s): Dana Aronovich, Disha Ali, Nora Quesada, Juan Agudelo
Date of Publication 2008
La segmentación de mercado constituye una de las herramientas principales para conocer el mercado de anticonceptivos, visualizar dónde se están focalizando los recursos e identificar problemas de acceso y equidad entre quintiles socio-económicos. Este análisis muestra que los esfuerzos por expandir el acceso y el uso de planificación familiar en Honduras han sido exitosos, pero que aún existen discrepancias en las tasas de fecundidad global y en la tasa de prevalencia anticonceptiva entre las poblaciones urbanas y rurales y entre los grupos socio-económicos en Honduras y que la necesidad insatisfecha alcanza un 16.9 por ciento. (This publication is only available in Spanish.)

Bangladesh: Contraceptive Procurement in Transition: How Context Can Affect Outcomes (1,600 KB)
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Author(s): Jim Bates
Date of Publication 2008
This paper considers the types of work on contraceptive procurement being undertaken world-wide, and examines the experiences of Bangladesh, considering factors that may have promoted or impeded progress. It also places the results in context, comparing experiences of two other countries—Peru and Malawi.

IQC Semi-Annual Report: October 2007 to March 2008 (2,618 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2008
IQC Semi-Annual Report for October 2007 to March 2008.

Task Order 1—Public Health: Semi-Annual Report, May 2008 (2,076 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2008
The TO1 Semi-annual Report documents the activities and accomplishments of Task Order 1 from October 1, 2007–March 31, 2008. Key sections include improving and strengthening in-country supply systems, advocacy and collaboration with partners, USAID's provision of commodities for programs, and progress on implementing our new business model.

Management of HIV & AIDS Commodities in Zimbabwe—A Capacity Assessment of NatPharm and Ministry of Health and Child Welfare (2,867 KB)
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Author(s): Eric Takang, Veskov Dragana, Kumire Celestine, Jabulani Nyenwa
Date of Publication 2006
DELIVER was contracted to assist the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare (MOHCW) to assess the current capacity of NatPharm, the AIDS & TB Unit, and Department of Pharmaceutical Services to manage HIV & AIDS commodities and to provide appropriate recommendations for building capacity in and harmonizing the functions of the three entities to improve commodity security.

Nigeria: Rapid Assessment of HIV/AIDS Care in the Public and Private Sectors (598 KB)
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Author(s): John Durgavich, Tim O’Hearn, Chris Shaw, Lea Teclemariam, David Galaty, Gilbert Kombe, Ali Onoja, Godwin Asuquo, Cesar Nuñez
Date of Publication 2004
This assessment was commissioned by United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Nigeria to gain an in-depth understanding of the current status, challenges, and cost of providing HIV/AIDS services in the public and private sectors in Nigeria. It was a joint undertaking of USAID, the Federal Ministry of Health, and the National Institute of Medical Research.

Ghana HIV/AIDS Commodity Security: A National Strategy 2006-2010 (1,549 KB)
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Author(s): Republic of Ghana, Ghana Health Service; Ghana National Aids Control Program; USAID | GHANA; DELIVER
Date of Publication 2006
Produced by the HIV/AIDS Commodity Security Technical Working Group in Ghana, this document outlines Ghana’s commodity security strategy.

Commodity Security for Essential Medicines: Challenges and Opportunities (2,180 KB)
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Author(s): Raja Rao
Date of Publication 2008
Concept paper examining the inputs, variables and opportunities for commodity security of essential medicines.

Supply Chain Management E-Newsletter: Quarter 2, 2008 (703 KB)
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Author(s): 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.

Policy Brief: The Global Fund Supports Reproductive Health Commodity Security (550 KB)
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Author(s): 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 Brief: Global Fund Financing of Condoms and Contraceptive Security (202 KB)
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Author(s): 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.

National Drug Policiy and Supply Chain Strategies (112 KB)
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Author(s): Joyce Ugwu
Date Presented: April 16, 2008
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
This presentation is from the April 16-17, 2008 national workshop, sponsored by the Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) and the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, to develop a strategy for strengthening Nigeria’s health commodity supply chains.

Interactive Look at Nigeria’s Supply Chain (662 KB)
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Author(s): Johnnie Amenyah
Date Presented: April 16, 2008
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
This presentation is from the April 16-17, 2008 national workshop, sponsored by the Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) and the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, to develop a strategy for strengthening Nigeria’s health commodity supply chains.

Nigeria Health Supply Chain Strategic Workshop (2,756 KB)
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Author(s): John Larkin
Date Presented: April 16, 2008
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Summary of Nigeria health supply chain strategic planning workshop. This presentation is from the April 16-17, 2008 national workshop, sponsored by the Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) and the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, to develop a strategy for strengthening Nigeria’s health commodity supply chains.

What is the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT? (232 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2007
Fact sheet describing the project.

Using National Resources to Finance Contraceptive Procurement (241 KB)
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Author(s): 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.

Policy Considerations for Initiating and Expanding National ARV Drug Supply Chains (468 KB)
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Author(s): Yasmin Chandani, Moses Muwonge, Steve Wilbur, Barbara Felling, Claudia Allers
Date Presented: August 15, 2006
Location: Toronto, Canada
Presented at the XVI International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2006) in Toronto, Canada, this poster discusses the key characteristics of ARV supply chains, common supply chain challenges, and how seamless supply chains require an enabling policy environment.

Policy Considerations for Managing Laboratory Supplies to Support ART (394 KB)
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Author(s): Ronald Brown, Abdourahmane Diallo, Wendy Nicodemus
Date Presented: August 15, 2006
Location: Toronto, Canada
Presented at the XVI International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2006) in Toronto, Canada, this poster details the policies that are important for managing laboratory supplies.

State of the Practice to Achieve Contraceptive Security in the Latin America and Caribbean Region (687 KB)
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Author(s): DELIVER
Date Presented: October 25, 2006
Location: Washington, DC
Presented at the "State of the Practice: Contraceptive Security in Latin America and the Caribbean" meeting, this presentation draws from a series of nine “State of the Practice” briefs in contraceptive security. These briefs aim to highlight interesting and innovative models, practices, experiences in contraceptive security throughout the LAC region.

Options for Contraceptive Procurement: Lessons Learned from Latin America (284 KB)
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Author(s): DELIVER
Date Presented: October 25, 2006
Location: Washington, DC
Presented at the "State of the Practice: Contraceptive Security in Latin America and the Caribbean" meeting, this presentation provides an overview of contraceptive procurement in Latin American countries.

Managing Zambia’s National ART Supply Chain Demands Attention and Collaboration between National Supply Chain Partners (1,332 KB)
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Author(s): Walter Proper
Date Presented: June 12, 2006
Location: Durban, South Africa (6/12/06); Toronto, Canada (8-15-06)
This poster—which was presented at the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Annual Meeting/The 2006 HIV/AIDS Implementers' Meeting and at the XVI International AIDS Conference—stresses the importance of collaboration in managing a national ART supply chain.

Delivering HIV/AIDS Commodities to Customers: Development of ART Guidelines and the ARV Drug selection Process at the Country Level (83 KB)
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Author(s): Ya Diul Mukadi
Date Presented: May 24, 2006
Location: National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
From the May 24, 2006 DELIVER Critical Issues Series event. Using the example of Kenya, Ya Diul Mukadi, MD, MPH (director of the Care and Treatment Division at Family Health International’s Institute for HIV/AIDS), discusses the development of national ART guidelines.

Evidence-Based Family Planning Program Management: Contraceptive Security and Equity of Family Planning Use (367 KB)
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Author(s): Dana Aronovich, Ali Karim, David O'Brien
Date Presented: December 12, 2005
Location: Philadelphia, PA
DELIVER presentation from Improving and Monitoring Reproductive Health Commodity Security, a round table discussion at the American Public Health Association's 133rd Annual Meeting.

East Africa RHCS: Areas of Focus and Next Steps on RHCS (224 KB)
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Author(s): Mark Bura
Date Presented: November 18, 2005
Location: East Africa RHCS Conference
Examines areas of focus and next steps for RHCS in the region.

East Africa RHCS: Pharmaceutical Panel--Pfizer (178 KB)
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Author(s): Enrico Liggeri
Date Presented: November 18, 2005
Location: East Africa RHCS Conference
Describes Pfizer's business considerations in the region and explains the role it would like to play in RHCS efforts.

East Africa RHCS: Pharmaceutical Panel--Schering Africa: Partnership between Public and Private Sectors (530 KB)
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Author(s): Mario Kossmann
Date Presented: November 18, 2005
Location: East Africa RHCS Conference
Describes Schering's business considerations in the region and explains the role it would like to play in RHCS efforts.

East Africa RHCS: Pharmaceutical Panel--Organon: Also Our World (3,850 KB)
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Author(s): Frans van Birgelen
Date Presented: November 18, 2005
Location: East Africa RHCS Conference
Describes Organon's business considerations in the region and explains the role it would like to play in RHCS efforts.

Promoting Contraceptive Security Through Innovative Health System Interventions (2,436 KB)
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Author(s): Raja Rao, Daniel Thompson, Todd Dickens
Date Presented: June 02, 2005
Location: Global Health Council Conference
The panel presented interventions that are strengthening national health systems' ability to increase contraceptive security in over 20 countries. Interventions include improvements in procurement and financing, and innovative decentralization.

A Growing Challenge: Ensuring Access to ARVs for Kids (1,159 KB)
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Author(s): Mary Lyn Field-Nguer, Steve Hawkins, Claudia Allers
Date Presented: June 01, 2005
Location: Global Health Council Conference
Expansion of access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been gaining momentum over the last two years. However, access to ART for children with HIV has continued to lag behind. This panel presents real world experience to explore the logistics challenges in providing ARVs for pediatric AIDS patients.

Ensuring Access to Family Planning--Georgia Working Group (194 KB)
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Author(s): Kartlos Kankadze
Date Presented: April 15, 2005
Location: Conference on Ensuring Access to Family Planning, Europe and Eurasia
Provides output from country working group for Georgia.

Ensuring Access to Family Planning--Ukraine Working Group (188 KB)
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Author(s): Nadiia Salo
Date Presented: April 15, 2005
Location: Conference on Ensuring Access to Family Planning, Europe and Eurasia
Provides output from country working group for Ukraine.

Ensuring Access to Family Planning--Russia Working Group (168 KB)
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Author(s): Dr. Alfia Yusupova
Date Presented: April 15, 2005
Location: Conference on Ensuring Access to Family Planning, Europe and Eurasia
Provides output from country working group for Russia.

Ensuring Access to Family Planning--Armenia Working Group (187 KB)
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Author(s): Samvel Hovhannisyan
Date Presented: April 15, 2005
Location: Conference on Ensuring Access to Family Planning, Europe and Eurasia
Provides output from country working group for Armenia.

Ensuring Access to Family Planning--Azerbaijan Working Group (in Russian) (691 KB)
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Author(s): Various
Date Presented: April 15, 2005
Location: Conference on Ensuring Access to Family Planning, Europe and Eurasia
Provides output from country working group for Azerbaijan. Note: This presentation is in Russian.

Ensuring Access to Family Planning: Strategic Framework (4,428 KB)
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Author(s): Various
Date Presented: April 15, 2005
Location: Conference on Ensuring Access to Family Planning, Europe and Eurasia
Outlines process for preparing a strategic approach to improving access to FP services.

Ensuring Access to Family Planning: Family Planning in the Context of Recent Demographic and Reproductive Health Trends in Eastern Europe and Eurasia (3,557 KB)
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Author(s): Florina Serbanescu, MD, MPH
Date Presented: April 15, 2005
Location: Conference on Ensuring Access to Family Planning, Europe and Eurasia
Describes family planning in the context of recent demographic and reproductive health trends in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.

Influence of Family Planning Logistics Systems on Contraceptive Use (369 KB)
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Author(s): Ali Mehryar Karim
Date Presented: March 31, 2005
Location: Population Association of America Annual Meeting
Using data from 17 countries, this presentation examines the impact of logistics systems on contraceptive use.

Ensuring Access to Family Planning: The Political and System Context: Common Issues for Countries in Eastern Europe and Eurasia (177 KB)
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Author(s): Tony Hudgins
Date Presented: April 12, 2005
Location: Conference on Ensuring Access to Family Planning, Europe and Eurasia
This presentation set the context for the conference discussions by examining recent demographic and reproductive health trends in he region.

Ensuring Access to Family Planning: Financial Incentives: Regional Experience in Increasing Access to Contraceptive Provision (2,578 KB)
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Author(s): David Sarley
Date Presented: April 12, 2005
Location: Conference on Ensuring Access to Family Planning, Europe and Eurasia
This presentation addresses financial incentives and distortions to reproductive health service provision.

Ensuring Access to Family Planning--Albania: Contraceptive Security Strategy (565 KB)
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Author(s): Fedor Kallajxhi, MOH, Albania
Date Presented: April 12, 2005
Location: Conference on Ensuring Access to Family Planning, Europe and Eurasia
This presentation focuses on the contraceptive security strategy for Albania.

Ensuring Access to Family Planning--Armenia: Financial Incentives and Distortions in FP/RH Service Delivery (1,381 KB)
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Author(s): Karine Saribekyan, Head, MCH Department, Ministry of Health, Republic of Armenia
Date Presented: April 12, 2005
Location: Conference on Ensuring Access to Family Planning, Europe and Eurasia
This presentation focuses on increasing access to family planning in Armenia.

Contraceptive Security Skills Training (364 KB)
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Author(s): DELIVER
Date Presented: January 15, 2004
Location: Various
Explains reproductive health commodity security (CS) and provides guidance to logistics advisors in developing CS strategies at the country level.

Commodity Security: Progress and Challenges in Priority countries: Bangladesh, Ghana, Peru and Uganda (621 KB)
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Author(s): DELIVER
Date Presented: October 22, 2003
Location: DELIVER Annual Technical Meeting
Describes country-level efforts to develop reproductive health commodity security strategies.

Global Contraceptive Security: The Role of Supply Chain Management in Reaching the Client (3,665 KB)
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Author(s): Richard C. Owens, Jr.
Date Presented: July 19, 2000
Location: National Press Club
Panel presentation on supply chain management given as part of the Critical Issues Series.

Media Advocacy for Contraceptive Security (819 KB)
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Author(s): Paul Crystal
Date Presented: December 15, 2003
Location: Penang, Malaysia
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. This presentation provides an overview of the workshop.

Regulatory Harmonization in Central America: How Harmonization Can Impact Regional Contraceptive Procurement (638 KB)
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Author(s): Beith, Alix, Nadia Olson, and Wendy Abramson.
Date of Publication 2007
This paper discusses how, in practice, the harmonization of regulatory and procurement functions can facilitate pooled procurement as well as expand the number of contraceptive procurement options available to these countries.

Contraceptive Security: Practical Experience in Improving Global, Regional, National, and Local Product Availability (2,272 KB)
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Author(s): David Sarley, Raja Rao, Carolyn Hart, Leslie Patykewich, Paul Dowling, Wendy Abramson, Chris Wright, Nadia Olson, Marie Tien
Date of Publication 2006
This report documents the progress made in improving contraceptive security. It documents the lessons learned in increasing and diversifying contraceptive finance; understanding and expanding the total market; and working with the public, private, and NGO sectors to improve service delivery and product availability. It also describes different regional initiatives adopted in Latin America, Africa, and Eastern Europe; and it identifies new challenges countries face around procurement and donor coordination and how these challenges have been addressed.

Decentralizing and Integrating Contraceptive Logistics Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean, With Lessons Learned from Asia and Africa (2,818 KB)
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Author(s): Alix Beith, Nora Quesada, Wendy Abramson, Anabella Sánchez, Nadia Olson
Date of Publication 2007
This paper, which builds on several previous documents produced by DELIVER, is an overview of key issues and lessons that LAC countries and countries in Asia and Africa have learned during the process of integration and decentralization.

Reproductive Health Commodity Security Strategy for the West Africa Subregion (810 KB)
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Author(s): DELIVER
Date of Publication 2006
This document demonstrates that the increased use of reproductive health (RH) products can reduce maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity, which supports the West African Health Organization’s (WAHO) maternal health objectives.

Decentralizing and Integrating Contraceptive Logistics Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: Considerations for Informed Decision Making throughout the Health Reform Process (530 KB)
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Author(s): Anabella Sánchez, Wendy Abramson, Nadia Olson, and Nora Quesada
Date of Publication 2006
This paper highlights key considerations for policymakers in ministries of health and decision makers from the international donor community for prioritizing supply chain management throughout the health reform process—primarily when decentralizing and/or integrating the public health system.

Diagnóstico de la Disponibilidad Asegurada de Insumos Anticonceptivos en Guatemala: Fortalezas y Retos de los Servicios de Planificación Familiar en Guatemala (4,022 KB)
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Author(s): Wendy Abramson, Anabella Sánchez, Nadia Olson
Date of Publication 2006
Este estudio sobre la “Disponibilidad Asegurada de Insumos Anticonceptivos” (DAIA) en Guatemala, realizado por el proyecto DELIVER y financiado por la USAID/Oficina Global de Salud para Latinoamérica y El Caribe (LAC), se enmarca en la iniciativa regional para documentar la forma en que los países latinoamericanos están afrontando el reto de la sostenibilidad en la provisión de anticonceptivos. (This publication is only available in Spanish.)

Ecuador: Diagnóstico Sobre La Disponibilidad Asegurada De Insumos Anticonceptivos (DAIA) (3,484 KB)
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Author(s): Bernardo Uribe, Nora Quesada, Sharon Soper, Juan Agudelo, Lino Martinez
Date of Publication 2006
Este estudio sobre la “Disponibilidad Asegurada de Insumos Anticonceptivos” (DAIA) en Ecuador, realizado por el proyecto DELIVER y financiado por USAID/Ecuador, se enmarca en la iniciativa regional para documentar cómo están afrontando los países latinoamericanos el reto de sostenibilidad en la provisión de anticonceptivos. (This publication is only available in Spanish.)

República Dominicana: Diagnóstico Sobre La Disponibilidad Asegurada De Insumos Anticonceptivos (DAIA) (1,599 KB)
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Author(s): Juan Agudelo, Erin Hasselberg, Ramón Orlando Jiménez, Eleodoro Pérez Sierra, Viriato Acosta
Date of Publication 2006
El diagnóstico de DAIA en República Dominicana ha sido realizado por iniciativa del Consejo Nacional de Población y Familia y del comité de Disponibilidad Asegurada de Insumos Anticonceptivos, con el apoyo técnico de USAID, como parte del estudio sobre la viabilidad de la DAIA en Latinoamérica y el Caribe (LAC). (This publication is only available in Spanish.)

West Africa Reproductive Health Commodity Security Sub-Regional Strategy: A Concept Paper (531 KB)
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Author(s): Raja Rao, Dana Aronovich
Date of Publication 2005
Maternal and infant health indicators in the countries of the West African sub-region tend to remain weak, although they are comparable to other developing countries. The West African Health Organisation (WAHO) and its partners recognize the seriousness of the gaps in access to and the quality of maternal and perinatal health services in the sub-region. To address these challenges, they developed a Strategic Plan for the Reduction of Maternal and Perinatal Mortality in West Africa.

Influence of Family Planning Logistics Systems on Contraceptive Use (A Working Paper) (230 KB)
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Author(s): Ali Mehryar Karim
Date of Publication 2005
This study examines the influence of family planning logistics system performance on contraceptive use. The performance of logistics systems in 17 countries was assessed in 1995 and 1999 using an index constructed from 17 items.

Promoting Contraceptive Security through Innovative Health System Interventions (292 KB)
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Author(s): David Sarley, Daniel Thompson, Todd Dickens, Raja Rao, Tony Hudgins
Date of Publication 2005
This paper, presented at the 2005 Global Health Conference in Washington, D.C., describes interventions that are strengthening national health systems' ability to increase contraceptive security in more than 20 countries, through improvements in procurement and financing, and innovative decentralization.

Logistical Challenge: Ensuring Access to ARVs for Kids (187 KB)
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Author(s): DELIVER
Date of Publication 2005
Describes the role of logistics in treating children with HIV and the challenges of ensuring access to ARVs for kids.

West Africa Reproductive Health Commodity Security: Regional Financing Gap (199 KB)
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Author(s): DELIVER
Date of Publication 2005
Describes the financing gap for reproductive health commodities in West Africa.

West Africa Reproductive Health Commodity Security: Ghana RHCS Country Assessment (262 KB)
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Author(s): Johnnie Amenyah, Raja Rao, Erin Shea, Mohammed Oubnichou, Alex Nazzar, Gifty Addico
Date of Publication 2005
An analysis of reproductive health commodity security in Ghana.

West Africa Reproductive Health Commodity Security: Country Assessment Report: Burkina Faso (1,119 KB)
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Author(s): Meba Kagone, Eric Takang, Antoine Ndiaye, Olga Sankara, Ernest Ouédraogo
Date of Publication 2005
An analysis of reproductive health commodity security in Burkina Faso.

West Africa Reproductive Health Commodity Security: Economic Community of West African States Trade and Economic Integration (485 KB)
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Author(s): David Sarley
Date of Publication 2005
An analysis of opportunities for reproductive health commodity security through the integration of ECOWAS countries.

West Africa Reproductive Health Commodity Security: Regional Reproductive Health Policy (314 KB)
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Author(s): Meba Kagone
Date of Publication 2005
Describes the reproductive health policy environment in West Africa.

West Africa Reproductive Health Commodity Security: Logistics System Capacity in West Africa (432 KB)
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Author(s): Aoua Diarra
Date of Publication 2005
An analysis of reproductive health logistics system capacity in West Africa.

West Africa Reproductive Health Commodity Security: Local Manufacturing (260 KB)
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Author(s): Paul Dowling
Date of Publication 2005
An analysis of local manufacturing of reproductive health commodities in West Africa.

West Africa Reproductive Health Commodity Security: Encouraging Greater Private Sector Participation (813 KB)
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Author(s): Paul Dowling
Date of Publication 2005
An analysis of the private sector in the provision of reproductive health commodities in West Africa.

West Africa Reproductive Health Commodity Security: Reproductive Health Commodity Pricing: Potential Benefits (498 KB)
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Author(s): Raja Rao
Date of Publication 2005
Price comparison of reproductive health commodities to determine the potential benefits of bulk purchasing in West Africa.

West Africa Reproductive Health Commodity Security: Review of Pooled Procurement (659 KB)
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Author(s): Hany Abdallah
Date of Publication 2005
Literature review of pooled procurement options.

Reproductive Health Commodity Security for Improved Maternal and Child Health (1,269 KB)
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Author(s): Meba Kagone, Lisa Hare, David O'Brien, Dana Aronovich, Aoua Diarra
Date of Publication 2003
This document summarizes the relationship between maternal health and reproductive health commodity security, the current state of commodity security in the sub-region, and several options for strengthening commodity security to support maternal health.

Contraceptive Security in Peru: Assessing Strengths and Weaknesses (531 KB)
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Author(s): DELIVER and POLICY II
Date of Publication 2003
In September 2003, DELIVER and Policy II conducted a contraceptive security assessment in Peru. This summary report presents findings, recommended strategies, and next steps for improving contraceptive security in Peru.

Contraceptive Security in Paraguay: Assessing Strengths and Weaknesses (740 KB)
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Author(s): DELIVER and POLICY II
Date of Publication 2004
In March 2004, DELIVER and Policy II conducted a contraceptive security assessment in Paraguay. This summary report presents findings, recommended strategies, and next steps for improving contraceptive security in Paraguay.

Contraceptive Security in Nicaragua: Assessing Strengths and Weaknesses (585 KB)
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Author(s): DELIVER and POLICY II
Date of Publication 2004
In February 2004, DELIVER and Policy II conducted a contraceptive security assessment in Nicaragua. This summary report presents findings, recommended strategies, and next steps for improving contraceptive security in Nicaragua.

Contraceptive Security in Honduras: Assessing Strengths and Weaknesses (535 KB)
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Author(s): DELIVER and POLICY II
Date of Publication 2004
In April 2004, DELIVER and Policy II conducted a contraceptive security assessment in Honduras. This summary report presents findings, recommended strategies, and next steps for improving contraceptive security in Honduras.

Equity of Family Planning in Developing Countries (503 KB)
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Author(s): Ali Karim, David Sarley, David O’Brien, Dana Aronovich, Leslie Patykewich, Nora Quesada, Patricia Taylor
Date of Publication 2004
Presented at the 11th Canadian Conference on International Health, this paper examines the distribution of family planning resources and contraceptive prevalence across socioeconomic groups. It provides country examples with current status by wealth quintile, offers strategies to address inequities to ensure access for the poor, and outlines lessons learned.

Ghana: Decentralization and the Health Logistics Systems (1,071 KB)
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Author(s): Thomas Bossert, Diana Bowser, Johnnie Amenyah, Rebecca Copeland
Date of Publication 2004
This study, designed by DELIVER and the Harvard School of Public Health, assessed the impact of decentralization on the performance of health logistics systems in Ghana.

HIV/AIDS Commodity Security: Supply Chain Management Implications for HIV/AIDS Policymakers and Program Managers (903 KB)
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Author(s): DELIVER
Date of Publication 2004
This 8-page policy brief explains supply chain management implications for HIV/AIDS policy makers and program managers.

State of the Practice Brief: Peru: Meeting the Contraceptive Needs of Families through Strong Central-Level Capacity and Active Public Participation (324 KB)
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Author(s): 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.

State of the Practice Brief: Paraguay: Guaranteeing Widespread Access to a Broad Choice of Contraceptives (509 KB)
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Author(s): 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.

State of the Practice Brief: Nicaragua: Increasing Families’ Access to Improved and Expanded Family Planning Services through Political Commitment (718 KB)
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Author(s): 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.

State of the Practice Brief: Honduras: Moving Contraceptive Security Forward with Political Commitment and Financial Capital (508 KB)
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Author(s): DELIVER
Date of Publication 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.

State of the Practice Brief: Guatemala: Ensuring a Voice and a Choice for Women (727 KB)
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Author(s): DELIVER
Date of Publication 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.

State of the Practice Brief: Ecuador: Constructing a Secure Safety Net for Mothers and Children through Guaranteed Access to Basic Health Care (384 KB)
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Author(s): DELIVER
Date of Publication 2006
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.

State of the Practice Brief: Dominican Republic: Guaranteeing Universal Access to Family Planning (337 KB)
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Author(s): 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.

State of the Practice Brief: Bolivia: Meeting the Millennium Challenge: Women and Their Families Can Survive and Thrive Through Expanded Access to Family Planning (596 KB)
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Author(s): 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.

Success Story: Market Segmentation: Helping Target the Right Programs to the Right Clients (148 KB)
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Author(s): DELIVER
Date of Publication 2006
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.

Influence of Logistics on Contraceptive Use (321 KB)
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Author(s): 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.

Sustaining Family Planning Successes in Nicaragua (257 KB)
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Author(s): 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.

Media Coverage of West Africa CS Media Workshop (64 KB)
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Author(s): Various
Date of Publication 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.

FPLM Trainee Teaches Albania about Family Planning (202 KB)
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Author(s): Family Planning Logistics Management (FPLM)
Date of Publication 2000
Describes the efforts of an Albanian doctor to forge a national family planning program.

Bangladesh's Seven Steps Toward Sustainability (398 KB)
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Author(s): 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.

Importance of Logistics: No Product? No Program (638 KB)
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Author(s): DELIVER
Date of Publication 2002
Explains why logistics is critical to the success of health programs.

HIV/AIDS Service Delivery Programs: Overview and Insights for Supply Chain Managers (1,774 KB)
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Author(s): DELIVER
Date of Publication 2006
This paper provides a brief overview of how HIV/AIDS programs and services are organized and delivered in resource-limited settings, and it highlights contextual and programmatic issues for supply chain managers to consider when designing logistics systems.

HIV/AIDS Commodity Security: A Framework for Strategic Planning (1,500 KB)
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Author(s): DELIVER
Date of Publication 2006
This paper presents a framework for strategic planning that brings together a series of functions, programs, and activities necessary for the improvement of HIV/AIDS commodity security.

Contraceptive Security Index Technical Manual (573 KB)
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Author(s): JSI/DELIVER and Futures Group/POLICY Project
Date of Publication 2005
The Contraceptive Security Index Technical Manual describes, in detail, the indicators selected and the methodology used to calculate the index, including indicator calculations, scales, conversions, and weighting.

Strategic Pathway to Reproductive Health Commodity Security (SPARHCS) Tool (5,437 KB)
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Author(s): L. Hare, C. Hart, S. Scribner, C. Shepherd
Date of Publication 2004
SPARHCS (pronounced "sparks") is a tool to help countries develop and implement strategies to secure essential supplies for family planning and reproductive health programs. SPARHCS is meant to bring together a wide range of stakeholders to initiate at the country level concerted efforts toward the goal of reproductive health commodity security.

Contraceptive Security Index User’s Guide (1,110 KB)
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Author(s): DELIVER, for the U.S. Agency for International Development
Date of Publication 2006
This is the user’s guide for the Contraceptive Security Index 2006: A Tool for Priority Setting and Planning. This guide was developed to help program manangers, logisticians, and others get the most out of the index and effectively present its findings to decision makers.

Contraceptive Security Index 2006: A Tool for Priority Setting and Planning (3,910 KB)
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Author(s): DELIVER and Task Order 1 of the USAID | Health Policy Initiative
Date of Publication 2006
The Contraceptive Security Index 2006 is a powerful tool for raising awareness about contraceptive security (CS) and the interrelationships between program components, different sectors, and program outcomes. At the national and international levels, the index can be used to set priorities; and to plan and advocate to support policies and other interventions that promote progress toward CS. At the country level, it can help identify areas of relative strength and weakness to help stakeholders target their resources more effectively and appropriately.

Contraceptive Security Index 2003 (454 KB)
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Author(s): Dana Aronovich
Date of Publication 2004
The Contraceptive Security Index is a tool for measuring and monitoring 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 indicators can be used separately to monitor progress in each component. They are also aggregated to establish a composite index to compare countries at a point in time or to monitor progress over time within a country. DELIVER has published a wall chart and a booklet of the Index, which rates 57 countries.

Strategic Pathway to Reproductive Health Commodity Security Fact Sheet (220 KB)
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Author(s): DELIVER
Date of Publication 2005
This two-page fact sheet explains the uses and development of the Strategic Pathway to Reproductive Health Commodity Security (SPARHCS).

Contraceptive Procurement Policies, Practices, and Options: Peru (906 KB)
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Author(s): Varuni Dayaratna, Nora Quesada, Jay Gribble, Wendy Abramson, David Sarley, Carlos Lamadrid, Nadia Olson, Verónica Siman Betancourt
Date of Publication 2006
In light of the phaseout of donor funds in Latin America and the Caribbean, Peru will be facing increasing responsibility to finance and procure contraceptive commodities in the near future. This report presents findings from a legal and regulatory analysis and pricing study of different procurement options to identify efficient, economical, high quality and timely distribution of contraceptives.

Contraceptive Procurement Policies, Practices, and Options: Bolivia (818 KB)
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Author(s): Nora Quesada, Wendy Abramson, Verónica Siman Betancourt, Varuni Dayaratna, Jay Gribble, David Sarley, Carlos Lamadrid, Nadia Olson, Juan Agudelo
Date of Publication 2006
In light of the phaseout of donor funds in Latin America and the Caribbean, Bolivia will be facing increasing responsibility to finance and procure contraceptive commodities in the near future. This report presents findings from a legal and regulatory analysis and pricing study of various procurement options to identify efficient, economical, and timely distribution of high-quality contraceptives.

Honduras: Final Country Report (1,889 KB)
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Author(s): DELIVER Project
Date of Publication 2007
The project’s main accomplishments were the development of local capacity to plan procurement that uses logistics information from family planning activities, the development of software for managing inventories and logistics management information for the MOH, and the formation and consolidation of the Contraceptive Security Committee and the contraceptive security (CS) national strategy.

Ghana: Final Country Report (3,565 KB)
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Author(s): DELIVER Project
Date of Publication 2007
The USAID | DELIVER PROJECT has proposed and implemented numerous supply chain improvements (especially in procurement management, storage, and distribution) with the aim of fulfilling the USAID strategic objective of improved health status.

Contraceptive Procurement Policies, Practices, and Options: Paraguay (867 KB)
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Author(s): Quesada, Nora, Varuni Dayaratna, Wendy Abramson, Jay Gribble, Verónica Siman Betancourt, David Sarley, Carlos Lamadrid, Nadia Olson, Juan Agudelo
Date of Publication 2006
In light of the phaseout of donor funds for family planning in Latin America and the Caribbean, Paraguay will be facing increasing responsibility to finance and procure contraceptive commodities in the near future. This report presents findings from a legal and regulatory analysis and pricing study of different procurement options to identify efficient, economical, high quality and timely distribution of contraceptives.

Contraceptive Procurement Policies, Practices, and Options: Nicaragua (873 KB)
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Author(s): Juan Agudelo, Cristian Morales, Nora Quesada, David Sarley, Wendy Abramson, Jay Gribble, Carlos Lamadrid, Nadia Olson, Varuni Dayaratna, Verónica Siman Betancourt
Date of Publication 2006
In light of the phaseout of donor funds in Latin America and the Caribbean, Nicaragua will be facing increasing responsibility to finance and procure contraceptive commodities in the near future. This report presents findings from a legal and regulatory analysis and pricing study of various procurement options to identify efficient, economical, and timely distribution of high-quality contraceptives.

Contraceptive Procurement Policies, Practices, and Options in Honduras (1,179 KB)
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Author(s): Jay Gribble, , Nora Quesada, Varuni Dayaratna, Wendy Abramson, David Sarley, Carlos Lamadrid, Nadia Olson, Verónica Siman Betancourt
Date of Publication 2006
In light of the phaseout of donor funds in Latin America and the Caribbean, Honduras will be facing increasing responsibility to finance and procure contraceptive commodities in the near future. This report presents findings from a legal and regulatory analysis and pricing study of different procurement options to identify efficient, economical, high quality, and timely distribution of contraceptives.

Políticas, Prácticas y Opciones para la Adquisición de Insumos Anticonceptivos: Ecuador (1,025 KB)
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Author(s): Nora Quesada, Verónica Siman Betancourt, Wendy Abramson, Varuni Dayaratna, Jay Gribble, David Sarley, Carlos Lamadrid, Nadia Olson, Juan Agudelo
Date of Publication 2006
Los países de Latinoamérica y el Caribe han venido enfrentando desde hace algunos años una disminución gradual de fondos de donantes para la adquisición de insumos anticonceptivos. Ante esta perspectiva, Ecuador ha dado importantes pasos para asegurar la disponibilidad de insumos anticonceptivos, mediante la aplicación de políticas y leyes que garantizan el financiamiento y la compra de anticonceptivos. No obstante, el sector público puede explorar distintas opciones de compra regional e internacional en un sistema de salud descentralizado, para garantizar la disponibilidad asegurada de los insumos, optimizando costos de adquisición y enfocando su atención a los sectores de la población más vulnerables. (This publication is only available in Spanish.)

Políticas, Prácticas y Lecciones Aprendidas en la Adquisición de Métodos Anticonceptivos: Colombia (3,214 KB)
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Author(s): Juan Agudelo, Nora Quesada
Date of Publication 2007
NOTE: This document is in SPANISH. Este estudio, realizado por el proyecto DELIVER con financiamiento del fondo Global Leadership de la USAID, tiene como objetivo identificar lecciones aprendidas a raíz del retiro de las donaciones de insumos anticonceptivos por parte de la USAID. Además, este trabajo es parte del estudio regional sobre opciones de adquisiciones y precios de los anticonceptivos, que se llevó a cabo en distintos países de la región de América Latina y El Caribe, con el propósito de documentar una estrategia de adquisición de anticonceptivos para los países que aún reciben ayuda de la USAID, preparándolos para el eventual retiro de las donaciones y la asistencia técnica.

Romania: Scaling Up Integrated Family Planning Services: A Case Study (2,539 KB)
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Author(s): Merce Gasco, Christopher Wright, Magdalena Pătruleasa, Diane Hedgecock
Date of Publication 2006
This case study presents the story of the USAID-funded Romanian Family Health Initiative (RFHI) from 2001 to 2005, and how it succeeded in expanding access to and use of family planning services and supplies.

Estrategia Nacional para la Disponibilidad Asegurada de Insumos Anticonceptivos (3,132 KB)
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Author(s): Dra. Yeni Meza, Dr. Anibal Fúnez, Dra. Sandra Ramirez, Dr. Enrique Espinal Zelaya, Dr. Ivo Flores Flores
Date of Publication 2006
La “Estrategia Nacional para la de Reducción de la Mortalidad Materna e Infantil” diseñada por la Secretaría de Salud identifica a la Planificación Familiar como el componente más importante para reducir las muertes maternas e infantiles a los niveles comprometidos por el país. La aplicación de este componente es posible si se cuenta con los insumos y métodos anticonceptivos en la cantidad, oportunidad y calidad suficientes y si se cumplen los procesos relacionados con la adquisición, almacenamiento, distribución y consumo de los anticonceptivos en la red de servicios. (This publication is only available in Spanish.)

Malawi Logistics System Assessment and Stock Status Report 2006: Comparison of 2004 and 2006 Assessment Results (1,983 KB)
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Author(s): Jaya Chimnani, Veronica Chirwa, Erika Ronnow
Date of Publication 2006
In March 2006, DELIVER conducted a nationally representative survey on the availability of selected health commodities at Ministry of Health (MOH) and nongovernmental organization (NGO) facilities throughout Malawi. Comparative analysis was conducted with the results from the 2004 survey and to determine any change in the health commodity logistics system over the last two years.

Bangladesh: Assessment of the USAID/Bangladesh Component of DELIVER Project (283 KB)
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Author(s): Alan Bornbusch, J. Timothy Johnson, Sharmila Raj
Date of Publication 2006
Assessment of project accomplishments and a prospective assessment of future technical assistance needs in logistics and contraceptive security.

Bolivia: Análisis de Segmentación del Mercado (1,165 KB)
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Author(s): Wendy B. Abramson, Sharon Soper, Leslie Patykewich, Ali Karim, David Sarley, Nora Quesada, Patricia Saenz
Date of Publication 2005
NOTE: This document is in SPANISH. El análisis de segmentación de mercado puede ayudar a sectores públicos y privados a identificar los segmentos del mercado con mayor necesidad insatisfecha y determinar como se pueden enfocar los recursos para asegurar que todos los segmentos de la población elijan, obtengan y utilicen los anticonceptivos que requieren. Cuando se usa el análisis de segmentación de mercado como herramienta de la política, se pueden crear oportunidades para todos los sectores del mercado e identificar sus papeles complementarios en el abastecimiento de productos y de servicios de planificación familiar.

Nepal: Contraceptive Security: Issues, Findings, and Recommendations (1,242 KB)
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Author(s): Raja Rao Tanvi Pandit
Date of Publication 2004
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the DELIVER project conducted a contraceptive security assessment using the Strategic Pathway to Reproductive Health Commodity Security (SPARHCS) technical framework. The assessment included collection and analysis of demographic, family planning (FP), and reproductive health (RH) data, key informant interviews, and a limited number of health facility visits.

Nepal: Reproductive Health Commodity Pricing Survey (2,155 KB)
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Author(s): Raja Rao, Dhruba Thapa
Date of Publication 2005
Regulatory guidelines under the Nepal Drug Act of 1978 govern the sale and distribution of pharmaceutical products in Nepal. Regulations are based on a 1995 National Drug Policy that promotes community drug financing programs in the public sector and establishes profit and distribution margin rates. Those policies were put in place to encourage equity, access, and use of medicines. The findings from this analysis indicate that cumulative distribution and profit margins for some reproductive health (RH) medicines in the private sector exceed the established norms.

Zambia: Implications of Health Sector Reform for Contraceptive Logistics (3,237 KB)
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Author(s): James A. Bates, Sandhya Rao
Date of Publication 2000
This report describes the elements of Zambia's health sector reform program and relates them to specific developments in contraceptive logistics.

Tanzania: Integration of Contraceptive Products into the Medical Stores Department's Distribution System (8,860 KB)
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Author(s): Dr. Catherine Sanga, Daniel Mmari, Ben Mkasa, Steve Wilbur, Kim Peacock
Date of Publication 2001
This report describes Tanzania's integration of a vertical system for the distribution of family planning commodities into the commercial distribution operations of the Medical Stores Department. It also chronicles the results after a year of integration.

Appendix E of Mali: Contraceptive Logistics System, Review of Accomplishments and Lessons Learned (15,860 KB)
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Author(s): Steve Kinzett, Ramona Lunt
Date of Publication 2000
These epidemiology forms accompany the Review of Accomplishments and Lessons Learned for Mali.

Mali: Contraceptive Logistics System, Review of Accomplishments and Lessons Learned (5,001 KB)
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Author(s): Steve Kinzett, Ramona Lunt
Date of Publication 2000
This report details the efforts of the FPLM Project to help the Government of Mali establish an effective contraceptive logistics system.

Ghana: Implications of Health Sector Reform for Contraceptive Logistics (2,486 KB)
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Author(s): Yasmin Chandani, Kathryn Crowley, John Durgavich, Ramona Lunt, Paula Nersesian, Norbert Pehe, Timothy Rosche
Date of Publication 2000
This study analyzes the implications of health sector reform for contraceptive logistics in Ghana.

Ghana: Pharmaceutical Pricing Study, Policy Analysis and Recommendations (989 KB)
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Author(s): David Sarley, Hany Abdallah, Raja Rao, Peter Gyimah, Joycelyn Azeez, Bertha Garshong
Date of Publication 2003
This report offers policy recommendations to address difficulties encountered by Ghana's public sector health commodity distribution system.

Ghana: Estimating the Cost of Logistics in the Ministry of Health Supply System (778 KB)
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Author(s): Maggie Huff-Rousselle, Sangeeta Raja
Date of Publication 2002
Details a study that estimated the costs of the Ghana Ministry of Health logistics system, including essential drugs, non-drug commodities, and contraceptives supplied throughout the public sector.

Task Order 1—Public Health: FY2007 Annual Report (3,063 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2008
The first USAID | DELIVER PROJECT Task Order 1 (TO1) annual report covers the period from October 2006 to September 2007. TO1 has been very effective and responsive in its first year of operation. The project continued field work in 21 countries, including 15 with field offices; provided D.C.-based support to USAID’s central contraceptive procurement system; established new core-funded teams; transitioned to a new management information system (MIS); and provided direct procurement services.

IQC Annual Report: October 2006 to September 2007 (5,754 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2008
IQC Annual Report: October 2006 to September 2007.

Bangladesh: Contraceptive Market Segmentation Analysis (790 KB)
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Author(s): Deepika Chawla, David Sarley, Susan Scribner, Ruth Berg, Asma Balal
Date of Publication 2003
Using the Demographic Health Survey data to highlight each sector’s efforts to reach contraceptive users, this report will help guide policymakers and other stakeholders in resource allocation decisions.

Task Order 1—Public Health: Semi-Annual Report, May 2007 (1,117 KB)
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Author(s): USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Date of Publication 2007
The first USAID | DELIVER PROJECT semi-annual report covers both the Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) and Task Order 1 (TO1). Future semi-annual reports will be prepared separately for each task order, and will include a shorter summary for the IQC. This report covers October 2006 to March 2007 and is limited to TO1 activities, with the exception of some activities completed with DELIVER funding.