Capacity Development (CD)
Planning for contraceptive security sustainability and enhancement of current logistics system.
Child Health (CH)
Developmental, mortality statistics and literature for children and infants
Contraception (C)
General contraceptive literature - advocacy, awareness, data on usage, traditional or modern methods; Contraception always included as a category if a specific type of contraceptive method is coded for (i.e., IUD, Male Condoms).
Contraceptive Types: (D, EC, FC, FJ, IJ, IM, IUD, MC, OC, VT)
Diaphragm, emergency contraception, female condom, foam/jelly/spermicide, injectables, implants, intrauterine device, male condom, oral contraception, vaginal tablet).
Essential Medicines (EM)
Medications from The Interagency List of Essential Medicines for Reproductive Health, which are fundamental in providing basic reproductive health care. The latest copy of this is available at http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/publications/essential_medicines/.
Expenditure (E)
Statistics on funds for commodities, costs of commodities and total health funds as percentage of Gross Domestic Product (i.e., National Health Accounts).
Forecasting (F)
Prediction of future commodity needs and demands
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Treatment of the virus that causes AIDS, including antiretroviral, prevalence, awareness.
Logistics Systems (LS)
Technical coordination of the flow of commodities (i.e., a road map for Contraceptive Security).
Male (M)
Husband or Male Perspective
Maternal Health (MH):
Inclusive of antenatal, delivery and postnatal care.
Maternal Mortality (MM)
Statistics and literature on the deaths of pregnant women.
Procurement (P)
Literature and statistics on private/public sector acquisition of commodities
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
Treatment, awareness and prevalence of infections; exclusive of HIV.
Youth (Y)
Young Adult focus, roughly ages 13-25.
