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Availability of FP Commodities
Tables 3.13.1 and 3.13.2 present the availability of FP commodities for facilities that
offer each modern method of family planning, according to the type of facility and managing
authority and region.
Eight in ten facilities (80 percent) offering FP services had all of the temporary
modern methods that they provided available on the day of the survey. However, the
availability was lower in the regions of Matam (48 percent), Diourbel (67 percent), and
Louga (62 percent).
Table 3.13.1 Availability of family planning commodities by facility type and managing authority
Among facilities that provide 1 the indicated modern family planning method, the percentages where the commodity was observed to be available on the day
of the survey by facility type and managing authority, Senegal SCSPA 2012–2013
Method
Hospital
Facility type
Managing authority
Health
center Health post Public Hospital
Total
Health hut
Combined oral contraceptive pills 100 82 95 94 100 94 92
Progestin-only oral pill 100 97 93 93 100 94 62
Progestin-only injectable (2 or 3 monthly) 100 97 95 96 100 96 100
Combined injectable 100 91 97 97 100 97 NA
Male condom 80 74 90 89 100 89 100
Female condom 63 56 85 82 100 82 100
Intrauterine contraceptive device 100 89 95 94 100 94 NA
Implant 100 93 95 95 100 95 NA
CycleBeads (for Standard Days Method) 100 95 90 90 100 90 100
Every method provided by facility was available on day
of survey 81 64 81 77 100 80 90
NA = Not applicable
Note: The combined oral contraceptive pills, injectable contraceptives, and the male condom measures presented in the table comprise the medicines
and commodities domain for assessing readiness to provide family planning services within the health facility assessment methodology proposed by
WHO and USAID (2012). Each commodity or method shown in this table was observed to be available in the service area or location where
commodities are stored and at least one of the observed commodities or methods was valid, i.e., within expiration date.
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The facility reports that it stocks the method in the facility and makes it available to clients without clients having to go elsewhere to obtain it.
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