TABLE 2. Key Findings of the Pilot Country Baseline Market Assessments.

	Service Delivery Quality	Commodity Supply Chain	Demand	Policy
Guatemala	IUD and infection prevention equipment available in maternity and district hospitals; limited PPIUD equipment and gaps in provider IUD/PPIUD skills	Low levels of IUD procurement at the national level	Some demand for interval IUD services; little demand for PPIUD services	LARCs not included in the national family planning strategy;PPIUD not in the national guidelines for hospital providers
Laos	Average of 8 years since last IUD training among public family planning providers	Challenges in provincial forecasting and delayed transport of contraceptives to the provincial level resulted in IUD stock-outs	72% of women had heard of IUDs; high prevalence of myths and misconceptions	2012 moratorium on IUD service delivery in the private sector;lack of national LARC strategy
Mali	59% of public-sector family planning providers in surveyed facilities had never inserted an IUD	Inconsistent IUD availability at the health center level	53% of women had never heard of IUDs; high reluctance to undergo an IUD procedure that they considered invasive	IUD service delivery restricted to doctors and selected midwives;lack of national LARC strategy
Uganda	65% of surveyed public facilities had at least 1 provider trained in IUD insertion; limited IUD insertion equipment	Lack of district supply monitoring mechanism linked to stock-outs at secondary health facilities	70% of women were aware of IUDs; low IUD demand attributed to myths and misconceptions	Inactive family planning commodity security working group

Abbreviations: IUD, intrauterine device; LARC, long-acting reversible contraceptive; PPIUD, postpartum IUD.