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The RHSC (Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition) aims to ensure access to affordable and quality reproductive health supplies such as contraceptives and HIV/AIDS prevention tools. Their goals include improving access and choice, increasing political commitment and resources, strengthening global systems, and promoting coordination and knowledge sharing.
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Taking Stock, Thinking Strategically John P Skibiak Director, RHSC
Tracing our Genealogy • Interim Working Group (2000) • Istanbul and the Supplies Initiative (2001) • The Forum (2002) • Working Group on the Fund/Partnership (2003) • RH Supplies Partnership (2004) • RH Supplies Coalition
Our Vision To ensure that every person is able to obtain and use quality and affordable RH supplies, which include contraceptives for family planning and condoms for HIV/AIDS prevention, as well as other supplies to sexual and reproductive health.
Our Goals • Improve access to and choice … through public, private, and commercial sectors, • Increase political commitment and financial resources …, • Strengthen global, regional, and country systems …, • Improve coordination and use of global-, regional- and, country-level information, knowledge, best practices, and lessons learned, • Formulate other strategic responses as needed
Mission of the RHSC Ensure that every person is able to obtain and use quality and affordable RH supplies, which include contraceptives for family planning and condoms for HIV/AIDS prevention, as well as other supplies to sexual and reproductive health.
RHSC Executive Committee RHSC Chair Secretariat Resource Mobilization and Awareness Working Group Systems Strengthening Working Group Total Market Working Group Structure of the RHSC
Expectations and Priorities, some common themes • Nurturing the “brain trust” for better tools, better programs • Maximizing impact at country level • Facilitating member goals and activities • Bringing about change through unity of purpose and action
Meeting Outcomes • Reach consensus on priorities and next steps, so that we can use these as the basis for formulating a workable, realistic action plan. • Identifying the practical implications to the RHSC of the actions we would like to see: • Management • Membership • Money • Measurement • Open up the discussion on achieving impact at country level.