BASIC HEALTH

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The Basic Health Care Project consists of two major components: (a) health services component which focuses on improving and extending delivery of basic health care and nutrition assistance for 13 million uninsured people. Specific actions include: (i) rehabilitation, upgrading, and expanding the health network and developing a maintenance program for facilities and biomedical equipment; (ii) providing equipment, furniture, vehicles, and basic medical supply; (iii) hiring, reassigning, and regrading personnel; (iv) improving the supervision system and technical training for professional and auxiliary health staff; and (v) producing and distributing operational manuals and materials. The second component: (b) institutional development will be carried out at federal and state levels. The federal component will: (i) provide assistance to facilitate the decentralization process; (ii) conduct operational research to improve services delivery and to set policies and priorities; and (iii) strengthen management information systems. At the state level, this component will assist in improving: (i) the management, administration, and planning capacities of the State Health Authorities; (ii) personnel policies and management; and (iii) training opportunities in management and administration for managers and administrative staff.