Strengthening Contraceptive Security for Long-Acting and Permanent Methods :
Tools, Training Manuals, Job Aids
COPE® for Contraceptive Security: An Assessment Guide: An Adaptation of the COPE Quality Improvement Approach
This publication uses the long-established COPE® (which stands for client-oriented, provider-efficient) quality improvement process and tools to help health care providers think through every dimension of contraceptive security. The 10 contraceptive security–related self-assessment guides cover a broad range of topics, including organization and staffing, the logistics system, procurement, warehousing, transport, and budgeting. As in all COPE® products, the self-assessment exercises build a sense of teamwork, promote ownership of solutions, and provide a forum for staff and supervisors to exchange ideas. This publication provides tools and processes that can help facility and district health and logistics personnel secure the supply chain by identifying threats to contraceptive security and developing novel ideas and innovative solutions to remedy or obviate those challenges.
Available in
English (PDF, 1.2 MB) and French (PDF, 1.2 MB)
COPE® for Contraceptive Security Job Aid
January 2014
Available in English (PDF, 140 KB)
Medical Instruments and Expendable Medical Supplies Needed to Provide Long-Acting and Permanent Methods of Contraception
This table outlines the specific medical instruments and expendable medical supplies necessary to provide high-quality services for long-acting and permanent methods of contraception (LA/PMs). Developed as a job aid, it is meant to facilitate LA/PM service delivery and ensure contraceptive security.
Available in
English (PDF, 401 KB)
Quantification of Health Commodities: Contraceptive Companion Guide
This technical brief—Using Quantification to Support Introduction and Expansion of Long-Acting and Permanent Methods of Contraception—suggests strategies for improving tools for quantifying the medical equipment, instruments, and expendable supplies needed to provide LA/PMs, as well as the likely rate of product consumption. (November 2011 USAID | DELIVER and RESPOND Project LA/PM Technical Brief)
Available in
English (PDF, 1.5 MB)
Using Quantification to Support Introduction and Expansion of Long-Acting and Permanent Methods for Contraception
This contraceptive forecasting guide—Quantification of Health Commodities: Contraceptive Companion Guide, Forecasting Consumption of Contraceptive Supplies—includes a list of products required for each LA/PM, as well as related forecasting considerations.
(October 2010 USAID | DELIVER and RESPOND Project LA/PM Technical Brief)
Available in
English (PDF, 313 KB)
Getting the Numbers Right: A Guide to USAID-Developed Contraceptive Forecasting Tools
November 2009
Available in
English (PDF, 1.1 MB)