Evaluation of Senegal supply chain intervention on contraceptive stockouts using routine stock data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Until 2011, stockouts of family planning commodities were common in Senegalese public health facilities. Recognizing the importance of addressing this problem, the Government of Senegal implemented the Informed Push Model (IPM) supply system, which involves logisticians to collect facility-level stock turnover data once a month and provide contraceptive supplies accordingly. The aims of this paper were to evaluate the impact of IPM on contraceptive availability and on stockout duration.

Methods and findings

To estimate the impact of the IPM on contraceptive availability, stock card data were obtained from health facilities selected through multistage sampling. A total number of 103 health facilities pertaining to 27 districts and nine regions across the country pa

SUBMITTER: Krug C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7398546 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature