 | The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
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| The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
Caroline Quijada, MHS, Partners for Health Reform plus, University Research Corporation, 4800 Montgomery Lane, Suite 600, Bethesda, MD 20814, 301-718-3106, caroline_quijada@abtassoc.com
Reproductive Health Commodity Security exists when every person is able to choose, have access to, and use quality contraceptives and condoms for HIV/AIDS prevention. In many countries, people rely on the free or subsidized supplies made available by governments and international donor agencies. However, there is a growing donor gap as current levels of support are inadequate due to a higher demand for contraception (growing number of contraception users and the HIV/AIDS epidemic) and insufficient government resources.
There is concern that a tendency away from donor funded projects towards funding of a single policy and expenditure program defined under a sector wide approach (SWAp) may adversely affect donation of reproductive health commodities. Beyond SWAps, there are other changes in development assistance that may impact on contraceptive security, such as the move toward global funds and the use of poverty reduction strategies to guide disbursement of loans as well as some foreign aid.
This presentation will focus on a three country case study that addresses
Whether reproductive health commodities have been explicitly addressed in the process and how countries plan to finance reproductive health commodities under the new arrangements; Whether levels of donor assistance to commodities have been affected by the new arrangements; and, Opportunities new trends offer to support contraceptive security
Learning Objectives:
Keywords: Contraceptives,
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.