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Call to action for uninterrupted access to reproductive health supplies during and after the COVID-19 crisis
18th June 2020What started in December 2019 as a small cluster of COVID-19 cases has turned into a global health crisis, with implications on all aspects of our lives. The COVID-19 pandemic is causing global supply chain disruptions and...
Categories: Advocacy and Accountability Working Group
Access to Menstrual Health Supplies during COVID-19: what have we learnt?
12th June 2020COVID-19 has seriously compromised access to menstrual health materials.
From a supply perspective, the RHSC and our members face three main challenges: (1) a disrupted production of supplies, (2) many interruptions throughout...
Categories: New/Underused RH Technologies Caucus
Quality data over the years: The story of the RHInterchange
22nd May 2020In the face of supply chain disruptions resulting from the current COVID-19 pandemic, the family planning community has turned to RHSC’s data sources for more clarity. The Global FP VAN, for example, provides insight into product...
New e-LMIS in Burundi offers end-to-end visibility in real time for the first time
7th May 2020A new e-LMIS platform in Burundi has increased product availability by 10 percent, decreased the frequency of expired supplies by 85 percent, and attracted an additional $272K to encompass nutritional products. Spearheaded by...
Categories: Innovation Fund
Shaping our community’s response to a global supply crisis
20th April 2020What started in December last year as a small cluster of COVID-19 incidences has changed the face of health and healthcare forever. The world is a significantly less safe place than it was six months ago. Alliances – national, regional, global – are struggling in the face of the virus’s ravages. Borders have closed, countries are prioritizing their own interests over others’, and in the scrum of saving ourselves, it is easy to lose track of the poorest, the most marginalized, the voiceless.