UNFPA Because everyone counts UNFPA Update IPC meeting December 2014, Washington DC Procurement Services Branch, Copenhagen Commodity 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 UNFPA Because everyone counts

Surveys on Quality of RH Medicines- Oxytocin Oxytocin Cold 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 UNFPA Because 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 (m ale condoms, female condoms, IUDs) Female condom WHO/UNFPA Technical Review Committee meeting – June products reviewed, including 2 for requalification. Lubricants – systematic review which will feed onto development of technical specifications

7 Global Program to enhance RHCS (GPRHCS) 2014 allocations: $202.7 million

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 uptake Support for developing, establishing and implementing LMIS Capacity development in SCM/procurement, LMS/LMIS, service delivery, inventory management, etc. Procurement efficiency, storage and distribution AccessRH QA-Prequalification/ERP (with WHO) Environmental risk mitigation/safe disposal & management of unused, unwanted contraceptives Co-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 Guidelines UNFPA 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 Procurement UNFPA launched its Green Procurement strategy 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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