A forecasting guide for new & underused methods of family planning
What to do when there is no trend data?
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Organization: Institute for Reproductive Health, Georgetown University (IRH/GU); John Snow Inc. (JSI); and Population Services International (PSI) for the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC)
Year: 2012
Document Type: Report
Abstract/Summary: This guide provides direction to programs that want to forecast for new and underused methods (NUMs) of family planning. It supports program managers and others involved in forecasting as they plan to (1) introduce a contraceptive technology for the first time in a country, and/or (2) position an underused method for scale up. The guide recognizes that accurate forecasts take into account the larger system into which the NUM will be introduced and scaled, and it offers a framework for building rational assumptions to support accurate forecasting for NUMs or any family planning method where future demand is inherently difficult to predict. It also identifies common pitfalls in NUMs forecasting and recommends strategies to avoid them.
Disease/Therapeutic Area: Reproductive Health/Family Planning
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