Cate Urban 3/1/06 Cate Urban 3/1/06

Assessment of India’s Locally Manufactured Contraceptive Product Supply

This report, prepared under the aegis of the Private Sector Partnerships-One (PSP-One) project, examines Indian manufacturers of generic versions of hormonal contraceptives (oral contraceptive pills, emergency contraception, and injectable contraceptives) and intrauterine devices.

Cate Urban 1/31/06 Cate Urban 1/31/06

Improving Hormonal Contraceptive Supply

This paper describes the different types of hormonal-contraceptive manufacturers and opportunities for increased competition from generic and biosimilar suppliers in the procurement field, as well as the commercial sector.

Cate Urban 7/15/05 Cate Urban 7/15/05

Grandmothers: A Learning Institution (available in English & French)

Since education is an integral aspect of children’s development, this paper examines existing evidence regarding the role of senior women, referred to in this paper as “grandmothers,” in children’s overall development, including education, in non-western societies (in Africa, Asia, Latin America,The Pacific, Aboriginal Australia, and Native North America).

Cate Urban 6/22/05 Cate Urban 6/22/05

Support to Contraceptive Social Marketing in the Philippines, Performance and Prospects

Cate Urban 6/4/05 Cate Urban 6/4/05

The Role of Private Provider Networks in Expanding the Supply of RH/FP Services

Cate Urban 8/20/04 Cate Urban 8/20/04

Contraceptive Security Ready Lessons: Taking a Whole Market Approach

A coordinated approach that responds to the multiplicity of family planning needs in a country will ensure that the entire market of clients – from those who require free supplies to those who can and will pay for commercial products – is covered. This will avoid overlapping efforts, inefficient use of resources, and goals that are neither agreed upon nor clearly defined.

Cate Urban 8/6/04 Cate Urban 8/6/04

Contraceptive Security Ready Lessons: Doing a Joint Assessment

SPARHCS supports countries in developing a strategic commitment and contraceptives and other reproductive health commodities. It helps assess the status of their contraceptive security, and develop, implement, and monitor a commodity security strategy for selected products.