Technical Publications

Adding it Up The Benefits of Investing In Sexual and Reproductive Health Care This new report jointly published by The Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, makes the case for increased funding for sexual and reproductive health services-particularly in resource-poor countries-by illustrating the unusually broad societal and individual impact of investments in sexual and reproductive health.

Country Commodity Manager CCM: a Computer Program for the Management and Forecasting of Reproductive Health Commodity Needs This is the downloadable manual in five languages to accompany the Country Commodity Manager (CCM), a software program that helps UNFPA Country Offices assess their reproductive health commodity requirements, stock positions and identify shortfalls. CCM also provides a mechanism to readily transmit each country's data to UNFPA headquarters from their country offices for use in generating global level reports for the purposes of planning, advocacy and resource mobilization.

Essential Drugs and other Commodities for Reproductive Health Services This publication is a draft discussion document issued jointly by WHO and UNFPA as an interim internal guidance and to solicit comments and suggestions for its further development. This document is intended for people involved in planning and implementing Reproductive Health (RH) programmes, including programme managers and development assistance agencies and organizations. UNFPA Country Offices should use this listing as a guide regarding which essential RH commodities are necessary to implement quality RH services. Governments and other agencies may also find the listing useful in deciding what RH commodities are necessary at both primary and first referral levels.

Rapid Needs Assessment Tool for Condom Programming This document was developed in collaboration with the Population Council to design and test a rapid needs assessment and data-gathering tool to improve country level condom programming for HIV prevention of which condom distribution, promotion and use are important elements.

Reproductive Health for Communities in Crisis UNFPA Emergency Response Wars or natural disasters deprive people of life-saving reproductive health information and services. This advocacy booklet details UNFPA's work with global partners to respond to the reproductive health needs of refugees and internally displaced persons in crisis situations around the world: providing services to address complications of pregnancy and delivery, the transmission of sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS, adolescent health, violence against women, and access to condoms and other contraceptives.

Global Estimates of Contraceptive Commodities and Condoms for STI/HIV Prevention 2000-2015 Technical Report As a prerequisite to success, developing countries must have access to a ready supply of quality reproductive health commodities. To meet the urgent needs that have arisen in some countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, the UNFPA Commodity Management Unit has prepared global estimates of contraceptives and condoms for STI/HIV prevention programmes based on certain hypotheses and assumptions that will be validated once accurate information is made available.

The Role of the Logistics Manager in Contraceptive Procurement The purpose of this new guidebook is to provide a brief checklist of essential actions to help logistics managers worldwide ensure that service programmes always have adequate supplies of contraceptives and other products that they need for clients. The guidebook begins with an overview of the resupply systems that logistics managers must direct; it elaborates the actions that would ensure that each stage of the resupply process is completed before initiating actions that depend upon the completion of previous tasks; and it includes a list of the principal sources of technical information with which the logistics manager should be familiar.

State of World Population

State of World Population 2004 The Cairo Consensus at Ten: Population, Reproductive Health and The Global Effort to End Poverty This year's report, The Cairo Consensus at Ten: Population, Reproductive Health and the Global Effort to End Poverty, examines the progress countries have made and the obstacles they have encountered at the halfway point in implementing the ICPD plan.

General Information

Position Statement on Condoms and HIV Prevention This brief document on Condoms and HIV prevention issued by UNFPA, UNAIDS, and WHO states that condom use is a critical element in a comprehensive, effective and sustainable approach to HIV prevention and treatment.

Advocacy Booklet Series

Reproductive Health Essentials--Securing the Supply Global Strategy for Reproductive Health Commodity Security Previously known as AIDS Update, this is the 11th annual publication to provide information about action taken by UNFPA to prevent HIV infection. HIV/AIDS threatens to destroy a whole generation of leaders, workers, parents and youth, and to create a generation of orphans in the worst-affected countries. In many countries, the infection is creeping through the population, preparing to strike full-force. Prevention is about striking first. Reproductive health information, services and supplies enable people to avoid HIV infection and to protect themselves, their partners and their unborn children from this deadly virus.

Reproductive Health Commodity Security: Partnerships for Change - A Global Call to Action This document is a response to a call from the international community for UNFPA to take the lead in ensuring reproductive health commodity security (RHCS). It outlines the scope of the issue, identifies required actions at both the global and country levels to ensure RHCS, and proposes specific roles for various partners, from developing country governments to NGOs and the private sector. It also projects contraceptive costs, shortfalls and consequences.

Reproductive Health Commodity Security: Partnerships for Change - The UNFPA Strategy This paper outlines the strategy that UNFPA has developed for its contribution to RHCS, based on the approach outlined in a companion paper, Reproductive Health Commodity Security: Partnerships for Change. A Global Call to Action.

Food for the Future: Women, Population and Food Security Unless women are placed at the centre of efforts to increase food production and are given support for their reproductive rights and reproductive health, vital opportunities will be missed to meet the world's present and future food needs.

Other Reports and Documents

Securing the Supplies People Rely On This brochure was launched at the 2004 International Parliamentarians' Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action held in Strasbourg, France on 18-19 October 2004. It outlines the current RH commodity shortfall situation caused by rising demand and falling financial support and gives details of the Global Strategy on Reproductive Health Commodity Security (RHCS), running from advocacy, to resource mobilization, technical cooperation, coordination, national capacity building and improved sustainability.

Donor Support for Contraceptives and Condoms for STI/HIV Prevention This publication contains country-specific information reported by donors on the type, quantity and the total cost of contraceptives they provided to reproductive health programmes in developing countries in 2002. The report is especially useful to illustrate commodity shortfalls and changes in funding by donor and country.

Donor Support for Contraceptives and Condoms for STI/HIV Prevention The Donor Support for Contraceptives and Condoms for STI/HIV Prevention 2001 report was prepared by analyzing information from the database on donor support for RH commodities maintained by the Commodity Management Unit (CMU) of the Technical Support Division (TSD). This publication contains country-specific information reported by donors on the type, quantity and the total cost of contraceptives they provided to RH programmes in developing countries in 2001. This report, the latest in a series of reports, is being used for contraceptive supply planning, advocacy and resource mobilization. The report is especially useful to illustrate commodity shortfalls and changes in funding by donor and country.

Donor Support for Contraceptives and Logistics This report, the latest in a series, was prepared by analysing information from a database of the UNFPA on Donor Support for Reproductive Health Commodities and Logistics. The series of reports is being used for contraceptive supply planning, advocacy and resource mobilization. The report highlights trends in donor support since 1990 and the gap between estimated needs and actual donor support.

Global Strategy for Reproductive Health Commodity Security An informative Powerpoint presentation.

Donor Support for Contraceptives and Logistics This report on Donor Support for Contraceptives and Logistics Management is prepared from a database maintained by the UNFPA Global Initiative on Reproductive Health Commodity Management. The database contains country-specific information reported by the donors on the type, the quantity, and the total cost of contraceptives they provided to developing country reproductive health programme during 1999. Information on brands, manufacturers, and the unit cost is provided by a limited number of donors and agencies. The purpose of this annual report is to facilitate coordination and advocacy among the key partners in terms of addressing unmet contraceptive needs and strengthening supply management so that the contraceptives are accessible at affordable prices to both women and men in developing countries. The report may also be useful in the broad planning of contraceptive support to countries.

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