Global FP VAN

Life in numbers

We envision a healthier world where more people are reached with the right healthcare product at the right time. The Global FP Visibility and Analytics Network (VAN) connects people and information in new ways to transform how our community makes supply chain decisions and advances our vision.

Welcome to the updated VAN website. Explore how the integration of new and familiar resources helps you find “life in numbers” like never before.

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Collaboration & Planning

How can the VAN detect and prevent supply disruptions?

For more than a decade, the RHSC has led a collective effort to detect, prevent and remedy supply shortfalls, stockouts and overstocks. In 2012, the Coordinated Supply Planning (CSP) group was launched as an antidote to the growing number of last-minute supply requests being addressed by the CARhs group and the planning uncertainties that gave rise to them. Its solution was to improve supply chain coordination for family planning commodities...

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Orders & Shipments

How can the VAN help countries track orders and shipments?

In 2004, the RH Interchange made it possible to see what reproductive health (RH) products were being bought for the public sector and by whom. This development lifted a veil that had for so long shrouded the RH space. It allowed country governments to see what the donor community was buying on their behalf. And it allowed them to take on a more proactive role in eliminating redundancies and budgeting for the future...

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Stocks & Stockouts

How can the VAN help countries resolve emergency stockouts?

For well over a decade, the RHSC has helped governments and other partners respond to stock crises that all too often can leave in their wake stockouts, overstocks, expiration, wastage, and ultimately, empty hands.

Over time, we have become better at our job. From scanning for signs of imminent stock issues to systematically tracking stock levels at central medical stores, we have successfully identified threats and reacted quickly…

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