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Reproductive Health Supplies Visualizer (RH Viz)

The Reproductive Health Supplies Visualizer (RH Viz) is a series of public-facing dashboards designed to help the RH community see integrated and aggregated supply chain inventory, order, and shipment data.

Institutional author(s): Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC)
Publication date: December, 2020

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Global Family Planning Visibility and Analytics Network (VAN)

The Global Family Planning Visibility and Analytics Network (VAN) captures data from multiple sources to improve supply chain visibility. The VAN offers a platform to assess supply needs, prioritize them, and act when supply imbalances loom.

Institutional author(s): Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC)
Publication date: December, 2020

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Household waste disposal in DMPA-SC self-injection programs

This presentation highlights the background and resources on the appropriate method of sharps disposal. It presents country practices and evidence on disposal from DMPA-SC self-injection studies and projects, while offering disposal options and considerations for contraceptive self-injection program design and planning. It is designed for in-country stakeholders and decision-makers developing DMPA-SC self-injection programs and plans.

Institutional author(s): PATH, JSI
Publication date: April, 2019

Operational assessments of Sayana® Press provision in Senegal and Uganda

This study aimed to evaluate DMPA-SC (Sayana Press) management and administration in low-resource settings, focusing on how the delivery logistics, administration time, storage and waste-management requirements compare to the traditional intramuscular DMPA injectable (DMPA-IM).

Cover J, Blanton E, Ndiaye D, Walugembe F, Lamontagne DS. Operational assessments of Sayana® Press provision in Senegal and Uganda. Contraception. 2014 May;89(5):374-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2014.01.005. Epub 2014 Jan 18. PMID: 24565737.

Institutional author(s): PATH
Individual author(s): Jane Cover, Elizabeth Blanton, Dieynaba Ndiaye, Fiona Walugembe, D Scott Lamontagne
Publication date: January, 2014

Journal article Operational assessments of Sayana® Press provision in Senegal and Uganda

Logistics and Waste Management Benefits of depo-subQ in Uniject

This four-page brief describes results from three analyses conducted by PATH and John Snow Inc. (JSI) comparing the intramuscular version of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) injectable contraceptive compared with the new DMPA-SC formulation packaged in the Uniject injection system. The analyses focused on waste management implications and identified key quantitative and qualitative differences between the two products.

Institutional author(s): PATH, JSI
Publication date: February, 2011

Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition

The Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC) is a global partnership of public, private, and non-governmental organizations dedicated to ensuring that all people in low- and middle-income countries can access and use affordable, high-quality supplies to ensure their better reproductive health. The Coalition brings together diverse agencies and groups with critical roles in providing contraceptives and other reproductive health supplies. These include multilateral and bilateral organizations, private foundations, governments, civil society, and private-sector representatives.

Institutional author(s): Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC)
Publication date: 2004

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