Dear colleagues, The Supply Initiative: meeting the need for reproductive health supplies, has a new monthly newsletter that provides updates on the Supply Initiative activities, as well as news, materials and events related to condom and contraceptive shortages. The first issue is attached as a pdf. There is a crisis in the availability of contraceptives, condoms for HIV/AIDS prevention and other reproductive health supplies throughout the developing world, which is threatening millions of lives. The Supply Initiative http://www.rhsupplies.org is a newly established global focal point for supply issues related to sexual and reproductive health services. Based in Brussels, the Initiative brings together diverse reproductive health actors and facilitates a constructive dialogue and a greater co-ordination of supply related activities. Please sign up to receive the monthly issue of Supplynews via email under http://www.rhsupplies.org/takeaction/takeaction_inform.php. For questions or comments regarding the Supplynews, please write to mailto:caroline.kent@rhsupplies.org. With warm greetings, Caroline Jane Kent -- _______________________________________________ Caroline Jane Kent - Programme Officer - Information and Communication Networks (ComNETs) Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung (DSW) Goettinger Chaussee 115 D - 30459 Hannover - Germany Tel.: +49 511 - 9 43 73 -25 Fax: +49 511 - 9 43 73 73 E-Mail: mailto:caroline.kent@dsw-hannover.de http://www.dsw-online.de/