This guide is for the staff of family planning or health clinics who manage contraceptive supplies and for the supervisor who oversees these logistics activities. Part I of this Pocket Guide is a reference for staff in clinics and warehouses. It explains the basic principles of logistics, how to keep appropriate levels of contraceptive supplies on hand, good warehouse practices to follow, how to use logistics data, and common logistics problems and their solutions. Part II is for supervisors. It discusses the principles of supervision and contains a questionnaire for supervisors to use during supervisory visits to assess logistics activities.
Clinic staff can also use the questionnaire to informally evaluate their logistics system.
If you would like a complete textbook on how to manage contraceptive supplies, you can order a free copy of the Family Planning Logistics Guidelines . View or download the Pocket Guide. To download PDF files, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader software, which is available free of charge from Adobe . This page last reviewed March 28, 2000.