Contraceptive procurement policies practices and lessons learned: Brazil.

This study of Brazil has been commissioned by the Commodity Security and Logistics Division of the Global Health Bureau of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with Global Leadership Project funding to identify important lessons learned following USAIDs phaseout of Brazil as a recipient of contraceptive donations and other family planning funding. This document reports on the state of contraceptive security in Brazil more than five years after USAID stopped donating contraceptives to the country. The report is based on interviews with key informants from the public non-governmental organization and commercial sectors a review of public policy and published documents and databases of pricing information. In addition to lessons learned about phaseout a summary of the current country situation procurement practices laws policies and regulations is presented. This information will help in the preparation of a procurement strategy for USAID presence countries and help these countries prepare for their eventual phaseout from USAID donations. (authors)