UNFPA conducts procurement capacity building activities related to quality assurance with the overall goal of intensifying demand, access and utilization of reproductive health products. Such activities are critical to ensure protection to end users of UNFPA commodities and to widen the supplier base to UNFPA to geographical regions. This is reflected in the form of technical support, advice, and mentoring activities to key stakeholders in the lifecycle of the commodities such as manufacturers, national regulatory authorities, national quality control laboratories and other similar bodies. A current example of such a capacity building activity carried out by UNFPA is conducting regional workshops on laboratory quality control for RH Products. The purpose of these workshops is to review and discuss best practices in laboratory management, which includes accreditation, sampling, testing protocols and procedures to ensure the quality of reproductive health commodities.
UNFPA is also available to provide capacity building support in regards to quality assurance to third parties upon request. Examples of such support include consultation on quality assurance issues, training, and policy development. For information on upcoming capacity building events please contact the quality assurance team by email.
