UNFPABecause everyone counts

UNFPA Update IPC meeting December 2014, Washington DC

Procurement Services Branch, CopenhagenCommodity Security Branch, New

York

UNFPA ERP for RH Pharmaceutical Products

Products Since 2011 –

6 rounds of EOI Challenges

Some products still not enough that are WHO PQed Misoprostol – 2 ERP (pack size 4) Injectable hormonal contraceptives – 1 ERP Oxytocin – none, ERP Cat 4 Mifepristone

Uptake of Generic RH medicines – Hormones

Training of National Procurement Agencies

E-learning Modules Good Governance of Medicines – in collaboration with WHO Introduction to Quality Assurance of Reproductive Health

Medicines In-country trainings

2 weeks training Institutionalisation of the training Mongolia, Burkina Faso, Myanmar e.tc.

Surveys on Quality of RH medicines

Multi-country, multi-level survey on quality of selected RH medicines and hormonal contraceptives under development

Assess the quality of the products at distributor, central medical stores, health facilities, unauthorised outlets

To be adopted to each region (SEARO, APRO, LAC etc)

In collaboration with WHO

UNFPABecause everyone counts

Surveys on Quality of RH Medicines- Oxytocin

OxytocinCold chain interruption/break study protocol

under development Throughout the supply chain In collaboration with Monash University

Monitoring temperature of shipments from manufacturer through to the lowest level of service delivery Ghana shipments In collaboration with WHO RHR, MoH Ghana and

Ghana Food and Drug Authority

UNFPABecause everyone counts

Non-hormonal Contraceptives

Review and update of TCu380A IUD Specification and Prequalification Guidelines on-going Specification update d and usability enhanced Additional guidance on stability studies, sterility assurance,

and QA monitoring by procurers added

Updated list of WHO Prequalified RH non-hormonal contraceptives available on line (male condoms, female condoms , IUDs)

Female condom WHO/UNFPA Technical Review Committee meeting – 16-17 June 2014 8 products reviewed, including 2 for requalification.

Lubricants – systematic review which will feed onto development of technical specifications

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Global Program to enhance RHCS (GPRHCS)

2014 allocations: $202.7 million

75,281,150.00

127,387,198.00

capacity building/HR

commodities62.9%

37.1%

Capacity Development

Demand/consensus forecasting for contraceptives and LS medicines

Country level coordination and partnership, policy & advocacy, national budget allocation for contraceptives/ RH commodities

Demand generation for FP uptakeSupport for developing, establishing and implementing

LMISCapacity development in SCM/procurement, LMS/LMIS,

service delivery, inventory management, etc.Procurement efficiency, storage and distribution AccessRHQA-Prequalification/ERP (with WHO)Environmental risk mitigation/safe disposal & management

of unused, unwanted contraceptivesCo-convening the UNCoLSC supply chain & local market

and MH & RH commodities TRT,

AcccessRH online catalogue

AccessRH enables governments and NGOs to make the best use of limited resources by delivering quality supplies in a cost-effective and reliable way

Through AccessRH, governments and NGOs can partner with UNFPA to utilize the unique procurement expertise provided

Save time: UNFPA conducts competitive, transparent bidding, creating long term supplier agreements for a wide variety of RH items

Ensure quality: All products undergo stringent UNFPA/WHO quality assurance processes

Gain value for money: The significant volume of contraceptives and related items procured by UNFPA allows for competitive pricing. UNFPA passes these savings on to partners via AccessRH

UNFPA procures RH supplies for governments and NGOs in over 140 countries (Find out how at MyAccessRH.org)

Policies and GuidelinesUNFPA QA Policy for RH Medicines revision

SSFFC Generic Substitution Quality Monitoring

Guidelines for Procurement on RH Medicines Provides for operational guidance on procurement and quality

assurance of RH medicines Based on WHO QA of pharmaceuticals Started as part of the QuRHM programme

Safe Disposal and Management of Unused, Unwanted Contraceptives To provide guidance on the safe disposal of unusable

contraceptives To guide countries in developing or updating country-specific

waste disposal policies and guidelines that include disposal of contraceptive wastes

To build awareness and capacity in managing of contraceptive waste

QA Framework – summary of the QA system

Green Procurement2013. UNFPA launched its Green Procurement strategy2014. On-going activities:

• UNFPA Green Production Questionnaire (all UNFPA suppliers)

• RFQ 14/017: Research on specific actions to reduce the environmental impact of the manufacturing and use of condoms (under evaluation)

•  Joint UN Programme on Greening Procurement in the Health Sector (UNDP, UNFPA, WHO, UNEP, UNOPS)

• UNDP-UNFPA Funding proposal: Development of a Green Procurement Index in the Health Sector (summited to UNDP-UNFPA Innovation funds)

Next Steps: Establishment of environmental baseline criteria for each group of products

based on the results of the UNFPA Green Production Questionnaire

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