Recommended Indicators to Address In-Country Supply Chain Barriers

This document recommends supply chain and related performance indicators for health programs to use to monitor and improve the availability of the 13 key life-saving commodities of the UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children. These indicators are proposed in response to barriers to availability of these commodities, as identified by the Supply and Awareness Technical Reference Team of the UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children. This document recommends that countries track their progress on 11 recommended performance indicators, which they can do through existing data collection instruments and ongoing efforts. The document also provides additional indicators that countries can adopt to monitor and further refine the performance of their supply chains. Detailed reference information is provided for each indicator, including definition, formula, purpose, data sources, and data requirements.