Storage: Conditions and practices
This presentation provides an explanation of storage practices, including how a storage space should be organized and the requirements for maintaining it.
Implementation of Sexual and Reproductive Health Programs
This toolkit describes the planning and implementation of reproductive health services and programs. Resources include communication materials for behavioral change around family planning, tools specifically focused on adolescent health, and community-oriented tools.
Supply Chain Management
This toolkit describes the planning and implementation of management activities and procurement of basic health products. Supply chain management resources provide guidance to achieve the goal of delivering the right products to the right people, at the right time, and in the right amount.
Implementation of Sexual and Reproductive Health Programs for Adolescents
This toolkit describes the planning and implementation of reproductive health services and programs, specifically for adolescent populations. The resources include behavior change communication materials, tools specifically focused around adolescent health, and community-oriented tools.
Storage
Once commodities have been procured and received by the health system, they are transported and stored at the service-delivery level until the user received the products. The storage process consists of a series of activities pertaining to adequately receiving, classifying, organizing, locating, and managing products and commodities. The resources for storage include best practices in a variety of country contexts, checklist templates, and examples of storage optimization
Documents
Best Storage Practices Checklist
This document is a tool that assesses compliance with good storage practices. The intended audience would perform a visual inspection of a storage facility and complete the form accordingly. The questions are in a “yes” or “no” format.ns.
Checklist for Monitoring Storage Practices
This checklist monitors if a storage facility is following the recommended best practices. The checklist is intended for primary health care and is used by the Ministry of Health in El Salvador. This format includes yes or no answers as well as a scoring system to evaluate if conditions are inefficient or efficient.
Evaluation List for the Self-Management of Best Storage Practices: Primary Level of Care
This self-assessment evaluates the storage conditions and practices at the primary level of health care and provides recommendations for addressing problems. The tool covers physical and environmental storage conditions. The tool is developed and utilized by the Ministry of Health in El Salvador.
Best Practices: Service Delivery Storage
This poster outlines the best practices for storage at the point of service delivery. The tool was created in partnership with USAID DELIVER Project for use in El Salvador.
Best Practices: Service Delivery Storage (El Salvador)
This poster summarizes the best practices for storage at the service delivery point. This poster is from El Salvador.
Commodity Expiration Monitoring Tool
This tool serves as a template for monitoring storage based on product expiration dates. This template is used by the Ministry of Health in Nicaragua.
Systematization of Best Storage Practices for Local Systems of Comprehensive Care (SILAIS) Health Personnel
This document provides an example of the systemization of best practices for storage in Nicaragua. The report details the steps that were taken to improve storage conditions and could be applicable in other country contexts.
Proposals for Optimizing Storage in Three Health Facilities (Darién, Guna Yala and Ngöbe Buglé)
These documents are examples of a proposal for optimizing storage in three facilities within Panama’s supply chain. The documents include financial estimations and discuss recommendations for storage design.