HEALTH SERV REHAB

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The project has two principal objectives: (a) to rehabilitate and upgrade the primary health care delivery system which is collapsing through want of equipment, spare parts, drugs and medical supplies; and (b) to support the first steps of a major restructuring of health sector financing and management to ensure a sustainable, cost-effective health care system in the medium term. These objectives will be achieved by: (1) upgrading rural dispensaries; (2) improving reproductive health care services; (3) strengthening training for nurses and physicians; (4) introducing a health promotion program; (5) ensuring the supply of essential drugs; and (6) upgrading the communication/transport system for emergencies. The project's major policy actions will include: (a) restructuring of health care finance and management; (b) increasing attention to preventive, rather than curative medicine; and (c) shifting the emphasis of contraception from abortion to modern methods of family planning.