With support from the Global Programme on Reproductive Health Commodity Security (GPRHCS), most countries in East and Southern Africa have developed and are implementing national strategic plans on RHCS, which are either integrated into the existing Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) strategy or related frameworks such as HIV/AIDS. Additionally, 13 countries are implementing Comprehensive Condom Programming (CCP).
After years of responding to ad hoc requests from countries for technical assistance and supplies, UNFPA developed the GPRHCS in 2008. After 3-5 years of UNFPA’s support for the development and implementation of national strategic plans, the former Sub Regional Office-Johannesburg began undertaking a review of countries’ progress to-date to understand their status and recommend appropriate direction.
