Document type: Tools and guides

Guidelines for the Storage of Essential Medicines and Other Health Commodities

This guide is a practical reference for those managing or involved in setting up a storeroom or warehouse. It contains written directions and clear illustrations on receiving and arranging commodities; special storage conditions; tracking commodities; maintaining the quality of the products; constructing and designing a medical store; and waste management;... Read more

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SPARHCS: Strategic Pathway to Reproductive Health Commodity Security, A Tool for Assessment, Planning, and Implementation

This tool can help countries develop and implement strategies to secure essential supplies for family planning and reproductive health programs.... Read more

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Options Guide: Performance-Based Incentives to Strengthen Public Health Supply Chains – Version 1

This guide on performance-based incentives (PBIs) is intended to facilitate the task of developing successful PBI initiatives to strengthen supply system performance so that such systems can contribute to improved health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries.... Read more

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Outil d’évaluation des services de laboratoires (ATLAS)

The Assessment Tool for Laboratory Services and Supply Chains (ATLAS) is a diagnostic and monitoring data gathering tool developed to assess laboratory services and logistics. The information collected by using the ATLAS is analyzed to identify issues and opportunities and to outline further assessment and/or appropriate interventions.... Read more

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Manual de logística: Guía para gerentes de sistemas logísticos de programas de salud y planificación familiar, 2005

El manual de logística aborda los principales aspectos de la gestión logística con especial atención en el suministro de anticonceptivos. El contenido está dirigido a gerentes que trabajan diariamente con suministros, así como a directores que evalúan y diseñan sistemas de logística para programas integrados. Se tratan en detalle el... Read more

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