• Identifying and addressing the root causes of poor access, ineffective supply, and inappropriate use of essential health commodities
   
• Designing and applying tools to understand drug use behaviors
   
• Providing technical assistance
   
• Training local health care staff to improve the efficiency of health systems 
   
• Supporting operations and applied research 
   
• Working with policymakers, researchers, managers, and providers in the public and private sectors to implement new and proven interventions
   
  

RPM Plus bases its work on objective data that is used to—

• Help in the formation of policy decisions
• Link health commodities management to related health-sector reforms
• Leverage resources through improved donor coordination
• Develop the capacity of local institutions to implement new and proven interventions

RPM Plus carries out these efforts within the context of—

• Emerging challenges, such as antimicrobial resistance
• High-priority concerns, such as child survival and maternal health
• Widespread diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis