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Coordinated Assistance for RH Supplies (CARhs) Group (Formerly Countries-At-Risk)

Coordinated Assistance for RH Supplies (CARhs) Group (Formerly Countries-At-Risk). Kevin Pilz USAID CARhs Coordinator. Outline. CARhs Overview CARhs indicators and results Process Products/Countries at greatest risk Effectiveness Remaining needs. CARhs Overview.

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Coordinated Assistance for RH Supplies (CARhs) Group (Formerly Countries-At-Risk)

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  1. Coordinated Assistance for RH Supplies (CARhs) Group(Formerly Countries-At-Risk) Kevin Pilz USAID CARhs Coordinator

  2. Outline • CARhs Overview • CARhs indicators and results • Process • Products/Countries at greatest risk • Effectiveness • Remaining needs

  3. CARhs Overview • First meeting in January 2005 • Purpose: A forum where key global-level partners for the funding and procurement of contraceptives and condoms share information to identify countries on the verge of or in supply shortages, to better understand the causes of these shortages, to identify solutions, and to coordinate their implementation. • Primary data source: Procurement Planning and Monitoring Report (now reporting from 21 countries monthly or quarterly) • Areas of focus: Stockouts, impending stockouts, overstocks • Services provided: Primarily product and product shipment information, occasionally policy advice • Primary means of work: Electronic data sharing

  4. Action Recommended tells donors how they can help. Date of next shipment, and supplier, indicates what shipments may create/resolve problems. Comments describe the situation. Actual months of stock and stock status

  5. CARhs Indicators – Process • Met monthly without fail (Oct 09 – Sept 10) • Four to eight organizations per call (UNFPA/PSB, UNFPA/CSB, USAID, DELIVER, RHSC, RHI, are core members; World Bank and UNF/PGH participates regularly) • 162 distinct commodity issues between January and August 2010 (average per month = 20+) • 89 ‘action issues’, 73 ‘information issues’

  6. CARhs Indicators – Countries At Risk From Oct 2009 to Aug 2010

  7. CARhs Indicators – Products At Risk From Oct 2009 to Sept 2010

  8. CARhs Indicators - Effectiveness Providing Information - January through August 2010

  9. CARhs Indicators - Effectiveness Taking Action - Jan through August 2010 ** average duration until resolution was 1.9 months, with a range from 1 to 7.

  10. CARhs Indicators - Effectiveness How CARhs Added Value - Jan through August 2010 ** average duration until resolution was 1.9 months, with a range from 1 to 7.

  11. CARhs – Remaining Needs • Data from additional countries • We are reaching capacity to manage data – need automation of the PPMR/CARhs Database • Create sustainability of data and database for agency transition • Flexible funding / additional organizations who can procure • Forum to Discuss Policy Challenges to RHCS • Repeated/chronic issues – poor planning, coordination, etc.; not resolvable with a single shipment • Requires more extended engagement, more detailed conversations with country, higher level people

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