Access to a reliable supply of contraceptives, condoms, medicines and equipment saves and improves lives.
An inexpensive medication can keep a woman from bleeding to death in childbirth. Condoms can keep HIV from spreading. A choice of contraceptives empowers couples to plan their families.
UNFPA’s goal is reproductive health commodity security, which means that every individual can obtain and use affordable, quality reproductive health supplies of their choice whenever they need them. This is essential to delivering a world in which every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth safe, and every young person's potential fulfilled, which are the goals of UNFPA.
UNFPA's Global Programme to Enhance Reproductive Health Commodity Security is a catalyst for national efforts to build stronger health systems and procure essential supplies. It is helping achieve the following results:
- Stock-outs or sudden shortages are averted
- National policies and budget lines for reproductive health commodities are in place
- Supply management is computerized and run by trained staff
- Many more couples are using modern methods of contraception
