The RPM Plus Program's mandate was to improve the availability and use of quality health commodities, such as pharmaceuticals, vaccines, medical supplies, and basic equipment, for USAID priority interventions.

RPM Plus worked to—

• Identify the root causes of ineffective supply, poor access, and inappropriate use in health commodity systems by working with policy makers, researchers, managers, and providers in both the public and private sectors
  
  
• Collaborate with these partners to implement new and proven approaches to address these problems
  
  
• Expand on proven commodity management methodologies and tools for global technical leadership, regional initiatives, and country programs
  
  
• Rethink the roles of the public and private sectors in service provision and regulation
  
  
• Improve the financial sustainability of commodity systems and strengthen their operational efficiency
  
  
• Improve the prescribing practices of providers and the adherence of patients to therapeutic drug regimens
  

RPM Plus used a combination of global, regional, and country initiatives to pursue its goals. The program took a systematic approach to improving pharmaceutical management, and considered a drug management cycle the best way to illustrate this.