ADS chapter 312 : eligibility of commodities

policies; (3) to assure that only safe and efficacious pharmaceutical products are financed, that they are manufactured in accordance with accepted quality standards, that prices paid for them are appropriate, and that in all respects, USAID"s financing of pharmaceutical procurements is carried out in a manner sensitive to the special public and Congressional interests in this important commodity; and (4) to provide for economical procurement of contraceptive products. This chapter covers the policies on the eligibility of commodities for financing with program funds. It does not deal with programmatic determinations of commodity eligibility. The policy on motor vehicles also applies to Operating Expense funds. (Author abstract, modified)