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that improv<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>formati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> knowledge throughresearch would c<strong>on</strong>tribute to str<strong>on</strong>ger programmes.Some suggesti<strong>on</strong>s to achieve that <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>cluded fur<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ranalysis of DHS results <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>duct<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g country-specificqualitative research to better underst<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> address <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>causes of unmet need <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> sociocultural obstacles toservice provisi<strong>on</strong>.It was imperative to address sociocultural barriers <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>order to asses use by: ensur<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g that reproductive rightswere highlighted <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> policies <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> tra<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g; design<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>gtailored methods of youth-friendly services for youngpeople; <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> work<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g towards greater outreach <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>sensitizati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>dom programm<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g. Countries shouldendeavour to streng<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>n <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir policies <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> strategies byplac<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g emphasis <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> central role of family plann<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>reproductive health policies <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> strategies <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> clarify<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> relati<strong>on</strong>ship between <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> two. Policies <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> strategiesshould re<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>force <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>cept of reproductive rights for all,<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>clud<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g adolescents <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> older women, as well as ensurethat disadvantaged groups were highlighted <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> policies<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> strategies. Ano<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r measure was for countries toimplement reproductive health commodity securityplans, <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>clud<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g tra<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> logistics, warehous<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g, supplycha<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> management <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> appo<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>t<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> tra<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g staff tomanage distributi<strong>on</strong> at <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> subnati<strong>on</strong>al level.Address<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g universal access to family plann<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>gthrough reproductive health commodity security byMr. Jagdish Upadhyay, Chief, Commodity Security Branch,UNFPAThe presentati<strong>on</strong> focused <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> pivotal role reproductivehealth commodity security played <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> address<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g universalaccess to family plann<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g. Most maternal deaths could beprevented by access to c<strong>on</strong>traceptives <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> order to avoidun<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>tended pregnancies, as well as access to skilled careat <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> time of birth <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> timely access to good-qualityemergency obstetric care <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> case of complicati<strong>on</strong>s.However, those <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>terventi<strong>on</strong>s were dependent <strong>on</strong> asecure, reliable stream of reproductive health supplies ofc<strong>on</strong>traceptives, medic<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>es <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r kits <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> equipment.Reproductive health supplies were crucial comp<strong>on</strong>entsof maternal survival.Reproductive health commodities security (RHCS) wasa prerequisite for achiev<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g MDGs. RHCS was achievedwhen all <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>dividuals could obta<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> use affordable,good-quality reproductive health commodities of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>irchoice whenever <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y needed <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>m. It was more than asupply-side issue as it had elements related to quality ofcare, access <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> dem<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>. Also, RHCS <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>volved ensur<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>gthat people, especially women, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> newborn <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> youngpeople, faced no obstacles <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> access<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> utiliz<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g lifesav<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> health-promot<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g supplies.RHCS l<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ked reproductive health <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> HIV preventi<strong>on</strong>toge<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r through <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> supply of c<strong>on</strong>traceptives, maternal<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> newborn drugs, STI drugs <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r equipment, kits<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> emergency supplies with<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> overall managementof <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> health system. Research showed that about 30 percent of maternal deaths (over 100,000 maternal deaths)<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> nearly 10 per cent of childhood deaths (about 1milli<strong>on</strong>) could be reduced through family plann<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g.Many nati<strong>on</strong>s would witness a doubl<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g or tripl<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> size of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir populati<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> com<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g decades.In some of those countries, women were more likelyto die of unsafe aborti<strong>on</strong> than most diseases. D<strong>on</strong>orexpenditures for family plann<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g had decl<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ed. In 1997,family plann<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g had been supported by US$ 653 milli<strong>on</strong><str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> d<strong>on</strong>ati<strong>on</strong>s, which was reduced by over US$ 80 milli<strong>on</strong>to US$ 572 milli<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2008. By comparis<strong>on</strong>, fund<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>gfor HIV/AIDS activities had <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>creased from US$ 294milli<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> 1997 to US$ 7.7 billi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2008.The presentati<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>cluded by highlight<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g somepriority acti<strong>on</strong>s: Support for country-led health plans, supported bypredictable <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> susta<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>able <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>vestments. Integrateddelivery of health services <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> life-sav<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>terventi<strong>on</strong>s– enabl<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g women <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir children to accesspreventi<strong>on</strong>, treatment <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> care when <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> where <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>yneeded it; Support to establish str<strong>on</strong>ger health systems, withsufficient skilled health workers at <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir core; Use of <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>novative approaches to f<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>anc<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g, productdevelopment <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> efficient delivery of healthservices; Improved m<strong>on</strong>itor<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> evaluati<strong>on</strong> to ensure <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>accountability of all actors for results; Review of nati<strong>on</strong>al policies <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> priorities to ensure afocus <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>-country <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>equalities; Avoidance of fragmentati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> decentralizati<strong>on</strong> ofprocurement; Enhanced private sector participati<strong>on</strong>; Build<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g of emergency preparedness; Assur<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g good-quality producti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> distributi<strong>on</strong>,regulati<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> tariff issues; Build<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g of South-South collaborati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> exchanges,which was especially relevant <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Asia</str<strong>on</strong>g>n <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Pacific</str<strong>on</strong>g>regi<strong>on</strong>.Discussi<strong>on</strong> po<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ts:Questi<strong>on</strong>/issue:Global fund<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g for HIV had <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>creased <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> comparis<strong>on</strong>to family plann<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> reproductive health. Would itbe useful to separate family plann<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g from reproductivehealth <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> order to ensure that family plann<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g receivedmore attenti<strong>on</strong>?15

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