FAMILY HLTH.II

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The project will provide the required financial and human resources for most of the Government's five-year investment program (1992-96) for health/population/nutrition (H/P/N), and will promote policy and institutional reforms, in order to : a) improve maternal and child health and nutrition status; b) reduce the rate of population growth; and c) ensure that households in the 16 worst-served districts have access to basic H/P/N services. To achieve these objectives, the project will increase the output and effective utilization of trained Zimbabwean health, family planning, and nutrition workers; and increase efficiency and mobilize additional resources. The project will support the following six components : 1) family planning; 2) maternal and child health which includes : midwivery training, maternity equipment, school health programs, and operations research; 3 ) nutrition including supplementary food production, growth monitoring and micro-nutrient supplementation; 4) rural health delivery which includes upgrading of 16 district hospitals, provision of staff housing, ambulances, and medical equipment; 5) health manpower development; and 6) health management strengthening.