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E. Commodity Security and Family Planning
1. Management of Commodity Security – FP commodities and Condoms
LMS, through its commodity security unit, distributes family planning commodities, including
condoms as a form of prevention for HIV/AIDS as well as for FP to the USG peripheral sites in
the ten departments. From October 2008-September 2009, 18,345,400 condoms have been
distributed to the USG sites and MSPP peripheral sites in all ten departments. In addition, LMS
is providing support to reinforce the capacity of the MSPP at the central and department levels,
specifically to the national system for distribution/supply of commodities (SNAI) through
transport of condoms and FP methods funded by UNFPA and stored at the central warehouse
(PROMESS). The overall goal of this support is to improve logistics management in the ten
departments, with two primary objectives: (1) ensure regular supply of condoms and FP
commodities according to the norms of the CDAI (departmental-level medical warehouses) ; and
(2) reinforce the capacity of departmental-level staff, CDAI officers, and health care providers
involved in FP programs to harmonize and coordinate effective management of commodities in
their respective departments.
These activities contribute to institutional strengthening at the central and departmental level,
better knowledge of the data available at the field level to permit a more precise national drug
quantification exercise, ongoing availability of FP methods and condoms, and more effective and
efficient management in the departmental-level warehouses as well as in sites receiving
commodities. In November 2008, LMS collaborated with the DPM/MT, DSF, UNFPA, and
USAID to develop a form to be used at the departmental level to facilitate a more accurate
estimate of condom use and needs at the service delivery level, where all information related to
condom use is gathered to fill out the form. All services contribute to the information--VCT,
sensitization, FP, HIV/AIDS, etc.--and there is space to provide data on utilization as well as for
ordering commodities.
Table 2 - Distribution figures for Condoms
October 2008-September2009
Period
Semestre I
Semestre II
October 2008-March 2009 April-September 2009
Condoms 11,109,500 7, 235,900*
*During the third quarter (July – September 2009) there was no distribution of condoms at the
MSPP sites.
III. Future Activities
HIV/AIDS Prevention: In addition to continuing the ongoing technical assistance in HIV/AIDS,
LMS will also work to support the MSPP in a design of the design of a model for community
mobilization interventions. LMS will also support the Ministry and other partner institutions to
offer a series of activities related to World AIDS Day on December 1, 2009.
Management of Commodities: LMS will continue to provide support in the management of
family planning commodities and condoms throughout the country, with the goal of ensuring that
commodities are available at the essential institutions in Haiti and are well managed.
Leadership Development Program: LMS will continue to offer coaching to all LDP graduates as
they work towards achieving their measurable results and select new challenges once they have
achieved their original targets. Other LMS partners from various institutions, notably the
Women’s League of Cité Soleil, will participate in the LDP in the upcoming quarters. A full
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