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Quantification is the process of estimating the quantities of health products and the financial means required for a health program or service for a given period. It refers to the step determining the “right” quantities of health products to be procured for ensuring uninterrupted supply.
The results of a quantification exercise help program managers to:
- Identify the funding needs and gaps for procurement of the required commodities
- Leverage the sources, amounts, and timing of funding commitments to maximize the use of available resources
- Advocate for additional resources, when needed
- Develop a supply plan to coordinate procurements and shipment delivery schedules to ensure a continuous supply of commodities
Source: The Supply Chain Manager’s Handbook, John Snow, Inc., 2017
UNDP's support
Support for quantification exercises of health products for Malaria, Tuberculosis and HIV is provided to quantification committees in all Global Fund supported countries since 2002. UNDP encourages the use of standardized quantification tools, which can be either manual or computerized methods developed by partners. UNDP also provides expertise during national quantification committee meetings and training of personnel responsible for forecasting of needs for medicines, diagnostics and laboratory items for the three diseases.
Afghanistan, Angola, Burundi, Djibouti, Kyrgyzstan, Sao Tomé and Principe, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Zimbabwe are among the countries being supported by UNDP through Global Fund grants. In Zimbabwe, national committees for the quantification of medicines and laboratory products have been established by the Ministry of Health and Child Care to develop and sustain the in-country quantification process for health products.
UNDP's offer
Quantification support is provided to countries by mobilizing local and international partners with quantification expertise for the establishment and activities of quantification committees. UNDP provides direct support by including this need of outside expertise in the service level agreement where countries can receive assistance on the development of health product lists, compliance with standard treatment guidelines, analysis of the data available to determine the appropriate quantification method, adjust of assumptions, research of unit costs and associated costs, use of standard quantification tools, identification of risks of stock out or overstock based on lead time, together with other steps considered during quantification exercise.
Key Resources
In this section you can find guidance material related to quantification of health products.
WHO has developed a practical manual for the quantification of medicines.
For additional reading on quantifications principles, systems and methods, the following guidance is proposed:
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Quantifying pharmaceutical requirements MDS-3: Managing Access to Medicines and Health Technologies, Management Science for Health, 2012PDF 0.5 Mb -
