Making Reproductive Health Supplies Access Equitable
As the world’s largest network of reproductive health organizations, we work together to keep reproductive health supplies on the global agenda and in the hands of all people who need them.
600
member
agencies
1,000+
multisector
individuals
100+
member organizations in 100+ countries
Achieving Equitable Access for All
Equity is central to RHSC’s strategy, ensuring everyone can access and use the safe, effective,
affordable supplies they need to ensure their sexual and reproductive health throughout their lives.
Availability
RHSC works to make sure that a full range of reproductive health products is widely and readily available throughout the market, from manufacturers to point-of-access provision.
Affordability
RHSC removes cost barriers to unlock access and effective use, empower choice, and coordinate action on financing for reproductive health supplies.
Quality
RHSC works to ensure that all people can obtain safe and effective SRH supplies that meet high quality standards.
Choice
RHSC facilitates new product innovation and the procurement and introduction of reproductive health supplies options not yet available in markets.
The Challenge
The reproductive health community faces key challenges today, including funding gaps, supply chain disruptions, unequal access, weak data systems, and affordability barriers limiting availability of quality reproductive health supplies globally.
Reproductive health supply systems face limited visibility, weak and fragile supply chains, and low resilience to shocks. Gaps in skills, financing, data quality, and supplier diversity undermine forecasting, procurement, and distribution, resulting in inefficiencies, stockouts, and reduced access to essential supplies when people need them most.
High costs and out-of-pocket expenses, weak and fragmented financing systems, and poor coordination across donors, governments, and the private sector limit affordability. These are compounded by limited data transparency, inefficient procurement, policy barriers, and underused private-sector investment, restricting equitable access to essential reproductive health supplies.
Fragmented and non-harmonized regulatory systems, weak regional coordination, and slow approval processes hinder market entry and scale-up. Limited business incentives, inconsistent quality standards, and fragmented procurement practices reduce efficiency.
These challenges are further compounded by weak alignment among stakeholders, limited demand for quality products, and the underuse of digital tools and system innovations.
Not enough investment and coordination in research slows innovation and limits the range of products available. Poor visibility of what’s in development, limited sharing of lessons, and slow, uncoordinated introduction processes delay rollout. Funding gaps and unequal access compound these challenges further.
Supplies for All
At a moment when reproductive health programs face unprecedented threats, our movement delivers new supply solutions positioned to impact more than a billion people worldwide.
$46 million
saved in LAC
RHSC tools helped Latin America and the Caribbean governments save and reinvest $45.8 million.
$27 million
leveraged
RHSC’s impact in 2025 was $26.6 million in leveraged funds and cost savings for reproductive health commodity security.
3X
leverage
For every dollar spent by RHSC in 2025, we generated almost three times as much for reproductive health commodity security.
How Do We Work?
We call on our members’ expertise and ingenuity to solve the world’s most pressing
reproductive health supplies challenges. Together.
01
Unifying Voice
No single agency or donor can meet the supply challenges alone. We connect and amplify our partners’ voices to spark collective action.
02
Partnership Broker
We provide a neutral platform where partners across sectors and regions collaborate as equals, breaking silos, aligning priorities, and driving shared solutions to strengthen the reproductive health market.
03
Agile Responder
We draw on our diverse funding base to stay flexible, so we can respond in real time to emerging reproductive health supplies challenges beyond the scope of any single donor or organization.
We Can’t Do It Without You
RHSC membership is free and gives you access to global partners, shared platforms, insights, and tools, enabling collaboration, funding and governance opportunities, and a direct role in shaping the reproductive health supplies agenda worldwide.
Helping Guide RHSC
RHSC’s governance rests with an Executive Committee as well as elected Chairs and Co-Chairs of Member Groups.
Martyn Smith, RHSC Director
“If we lead with vision, act with integrity, and stand together as a movement, we can navigate our challenges and continue the work that matters so deeply: ensuring that all people, everywhere, have the power and the freedom to make decisions about their own health and future.”
Leadership Over Two Decades of Change
Over 22 years, RHSC has continuously adapted its work to address emerging
challenges and evolving needs in access to reproductive health supplies.
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2004
RHSC is born to align partners and solve supply challenges
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2010
ForoLAC established, enabling regional engagement and addressing inequities amid donor exits
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2015
First Global Contraceptive Commodity Gap Analysis forecasts FP supplies demand, funding needs, and costs
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2016
RHSC’s Maternal Health Caucus and the UN Commodities Commission merge their maternal health supplies work
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2019
The Menstrual Health Supplies Workstream launches, uniting partners to build more equitable menstrual product markets
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2019
RHSC-hosted VAN goes live, consolidating prior supply platforms, revolutionizing data sharing for efficiency, cost saving, and waste reduction.
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2021
Roadmap and Compass Initiative address supply chain resilience in and beyond a COVID-19 world
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2025
After US funding cuts, RHSC mobilized partners, leveraging data assets to assess impacts, identify solutions, and coordinate actions
Become a Part of Our Movement
Stand with a global community driven by purpose, where ideas connect, voices rise together, and collective action brings lifesaving reproductive health supplies to the people who need them most.
Become a Member
RHSC membership is free and gives you access to global partners, shared platforms, insights, and tools, enabling collaboration, funding and governance opportunities, and a direct role in shaping the reproductive health supplies agenda worldwide.
Join a Working Group
RHSC’s Member Groups are the engines of our work. We bring together multisectoral experts to drive a collective agenda. Membership in these groups is free.
Support Us
Help us expand access to reproductive health supplies in this challenging funding environment. Write to us here: [email protected].