E-DRUG: Announcing the opening of USAID's Intelligent Contraceptive Forecasting Competition
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Exciting news! USAID's Intelligent Forecasting: A Competition to Model
Future Contraceptive Use is open for entries.
Contraceptive access is vital to safe motherhood, healthy families, and
prosperous communities, as it enables couples and individuals to determine
whether, when, and how often to have children. In low- and middle-income
countries around the world, health systems are often unable to accurately
predict the quantity of contraceptives necessary for each health service
delivery site. When too few supplies are ordered, service delivery sites
may run out, limiting access to family planning. When too much product is
ordered, unused contraceptives may expire and be wasted.
With this competition, USAID seeks to identify and test more accurate
models of predicting future contraceptive use at health service delivery
sites. The competition has two overlapping phases: a Forecasting Prize to
develop the model and a Field Implementation Grant to customize and test a
high-performing intelligent forecasting model in Côte d’Ivoire.
Learn more, share with your networks, and enter by September 8!
LEARN MORE HERE: https://competitions4dev.org/forecastingprize
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Thanks to all for your interest and for sharing this info with your
networks!
Kevin
Kevin Pilz, Senior Supply Chain Advisor
Email: kpilz@usaid.gov