USAID Global Health Supply Chain - Technical Assistance Francophone Task Order Quarterly Report

The project aimed to strengthen supply chain systems in Francophone countries of Africa and Haiti to ensure timely access to quality essential health products and services. In-country and regional collaboration and coordination were also improved. In Benin, the project team monitored the stock status of family planning/reproductive health (FP/RH) commodities at the central level through the procurement planning and monitoring report (PPMR) for contraceptive data. The project staff, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH), assisted in analyzing stock status data in the health zone warehouses (Dépôt Répartiteur de Zone – DRZs) to prevent stock-outs of family planning products. The project also supported the FP/RH program in compiling, analyzing, and submitting the PPMR for contraceptives into the PPMR database. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the project continued to distribute FP/RH commodities in USAID-supported provinces. The project also submitted import authorization requests for all incoming health products, including FP/RH commodities, to secure timely delivery to the Centrale de Distribution Régionale (CDR) warehouses. In Senegal, the project facilitated the importation of GHSC-PSM procured FP/RH commodities and monitored such commodities at the central level. Quantification exercises to estimate the needs for FP products were conducted by the project team in support of the FP/RH Program. In Benin, the project team conducted an annual quantification and demand planning exercise for all anti-malaria commodities to ensure timely availability and a more accurate procurement of these products. The project, in collaboration with the Direction de la Pharmacie, du Médicament, et des Explorations Diagnostiques (DPMED), the Direction de la Programmation et de la Prospective (DPP), and the Programme National de Lutte contre le Paludisme (PNLP), finalized the end-use verification (EUV) survey drafted in Q1. The survey revealed an artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) stock-out rate of 15% in the health zones. The project also supported the implementation of the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) in the DRC by providing technical assistance to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in developing a national GHSA action plan. In addition, the project supported the implementation of the Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) initiative in the DRC by providing technical assistance to the MoH in developing a national FP2020 action plan. In Haiti, the project continued to support the implementation of the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) by providing technical assistance to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in developing a national GHSA action plan. The project also supported the implementation of the Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) initiative in Haiti by providing technical assistance to the MoH in developing a national FP2020 action plan. The project's contributions to the realization of key global health initiatives' targets were guided by the priorities of the different country programs and their respective United States Agency for International Development (USAID) missions. The project's activities were aligned with the goals of the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA), the Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) initiative, and the U.S. President's Malaria Initiative (PMI).