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PSI Poised To Surpass Target for Health Impact

PSI is poised to exceed easily its target of 15.9 million Person Years of Protection (PYP) in 2002, according to the November sales report. Annualized 2002 PYP stand at 17 million, as of the end of November.

PSI is expected to surpass all targets for its various indices of health impact with the possible exception of Children Years of Rehydration (CYRH) and Women of Reproductive Age Years of Supplementation (WRAYS) where PSI is currently performing a little under target.

Here is the lowdown of PSI's current standing with sales as of October 2002 by type of health impact measured:

•	Couple Years of Protection (CYP): Annualized CYP are running at 9.6 million against a target of 9.2 million. All regions except Asia and Europe/Eurasia are set to surpass their targets.
•	Person Years of Malaria Protection (PYMP): Annualized PYMP are running at 4.5 million against a target of 3.8 million. All regions are failing to meet their target except Eastern/Southern Africa which is exceeding its target significantly and making up for the underperforming regions.
•	Children Years of Rehydration (CYRH): Annualized CYRH are running at two million and almost meeting the annual target. All regions except Eastern/Southern Africa and Other Africa (Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria and Uganda) are underperforming their targets.
•	Person Years of Treated Water (PYTW): Annualized PYTW are 787,511 against a target of 680,000 and all regions except West/Central Africa surpassing their targets.
•	Women of Reproductive Age Years of Supplementation (WRAYS): Annualized WRAYS are 99,883 against a target of 113,746. West/Central Africa and Asia are exceeding their targets.

Zimbabwe has just become the first PSI country to achieve 2.0 in annualized condom sales per capita (2.05). Other countries selling in excess of 1.0 condoms per capita include: Togo (1.94), Cote d'Ivoire (1.74), Haiti (1.73), Botswana (1.56), CAR (1.35), Benin (1.34), Burkina Faso (1.30), Cambodia (1.09), Cameroon (1.08), Eritrea (1.06), Guinea (1.02) and Nigeria (1.02).

Top countries in per capita sales of cycles of oral contraceptives include Cambodia (.110), Venezuela (.083), Guinea (.069), Bolivia (.058) and Zambia (.048).

Top countries in per capita sales of insecticide-treated nets are Malawi (.045), Kenya (0.19), Zambia (.013), Benin (.010) and Rwanda (.008).

Countries averting the most pregnancies (based on the methodology outlined in Phil Harvey's book "Let Every Child Be Wanted") are Nigeria (1,071,292), Pakistan (829,261), India (702,419), Côte d'Ivoire (182,441), Cambodia (156,470), Zambia (146,024), Uganda (139,243), Kenya (119,722), Zimbabwe (115,056).

Countries averting the most primary cases of HIV/AIDS (according to a formula developed by AIDSMark) include Nigeria (102,911), Zimbabwe (46,590), Cote d'Ivoire (46,470), Tanzania (35,193), South Africa (32,330) and Zambia (26,176).

Countries averting the most episodes of malaria include Kenya (7.4 million), Malawi (4.6), Tanzania (3.2), Zambia (2.0) and Mozambique (1.7).

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