Uganda"s Mayuge District : contraceptive logistics system assessment and action plan -- covering the last mile to ensure contraceptive availability

As a result, attention and resources have been allocated to strengthen logistics systems. Key steps have been taken to ensure the availability of public health commodities, including the design and implementation of logistics systems, training of health workers on logistics, provision of technical expertise, and policy formulation to achieve commodity security. In September and October 2008, the Ugandan Ministry of Health (MOH), with technical assistance from the USAID | DELIVER Project, Task Order 1, conducted a qualitative survey, using the Logistics System Assessment Tool (LSAT), whose overall objective was to assess how the logistics systems managed selected family planning commodities at public and non-governmental health institutions in Mayuge district and develop an action plan to cover the last mile and ensure contraceptives availability. This report presents the findings of the assessment as well as the short- and medium-term action plan to improve the contraceptive logistics systems and cover the last mile to ensure product availability in Mayuge district. (Author abstract, modified)