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“Buy Quality Oxytocin, Keep it Cold” message poised to make waves
9th March 2018Late last year, the Maternal Health Supplies Caucus exhorted country governments to purchase only oxytocin approved by a stringent regulatory authority or prequalified by the WHO. The Caucus’ core message “Buy quality oxytocin,...
Categories: Maternal Health Supplies Caucus
Second Encuentro builds on predecessor; brings Latin American initiative closer to achieving objective
9th March 2018Last month, we announced the inaugural “encuentro” or “learning session” in Panama City under the Coalition’s new initiative to open up global information on innovative procurement mechanisms for reproductive health supplies to...
Categories: Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Nicaragua, ForoLAC
Innovation Fund increases access to maternal health supplies in Ethiopia.
8th March 2018Two Innovation Fund-supported projects are set to change the face of maternal health supplies in Ethiopia. Late last year, Concept Foundation’s workshop on registration of MH supplies resulted in five manufacturers taking steps to...
Categories: Ethiopia, Maternal Health Supplies Caucus
Panama Encuentro tackles regional inequities head-on
10th February 2018In Latin America, it is not unusual to find a national procurement agency paying up to 10 times more for the same RH supply as their counterpart in a neighboring country. This and other startling discoveries got countries talking...
Categories: El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, ForoLAC
Coalition Secretariat welcomes new Global FP VAN specialist
8th February 2018Sarah Kozlen joins the Coalition Secretariat as the new Supply Chain Data & Technology Specialist. Sarah will guide the Global FP VAN’s information technology, system configuration and master data management. She will also take...
Categories: Global FP VAN