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Supply Annual Report 2013

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Highlights:

· UNICEF procured $2.8 billion worth of supplies and services for children in over 130 countries.

· The use of procurement strategies and innovative financing mechanisms helped to achieve $185 million in savings.

· Two-thirds of countries where UNICEF procurement exceeded $10 million were those where UNICEF has development programmes. India remains the largest supplier country to UNICEF.

· Monitoring supply and demand of Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV). An effective supply response to the shifting epidemiology of polio requires timely, effective collaboration. Read the story on how UNICEF, partners, governments and suppliers work together in an intensive effort to ensure sufficient OPV supply – which reached 1.8 billion doses last year.

· Monitoring quality – UNICEF's quality laboratory network. UNICEF-procured supplies undergo strictly enforced processes to ensure quality and safety. Each year, thousands of supply items are examined and tested in UNICEF's quality control lab and at nominated external laboratories. Find out more about the meticulous attention that UNICEF gives to quality control and quality assurance to ensure corrective and preventive action when needed.

· Monitoring markets – UNICEF's "Markets Dashboard" provides qualitative assessments of markets related to over 50 different life-saving products. Knowledge-sharing informs debates and discussions that lead to better products and better processes, and creating sustainable, healthy markets.

· Catalytic product innovation. UNICEF works in partnerships to create or improve supply items that will improve the lives of children and families. The report profiles progress in product development of new and high-impact products including: pneumonia diagnostics, temporary structures, cold chain equipment, automatic chlorine generators, cheap, reliable methods to measure children's weight...and much more.

· Supply chain strengthening and capacity development provide useful examples of the support that UNICEF is providing to government-led projects that ensure life-saving products reach the most vulnerable communities.

· Auto disable syringes

Bed nets
Therapeutic milk
Ready-to-use therapeutic food
Micronutrient powder...the report summarises the challenges and development of these products over the past decade and more.