HEALTH/POP.II

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The project will introduce financial and institutional policy reforms and inject needed investment resources. The project supports the following six components: (i) development of a national population policy, staff training and provision of contraceptives; (ii) expansion of ongoing TB control and launching of STD control activities, supply of drugs and equipment; (iv) development of a pilot system of urban filter clinics and improvements to facilities, equipment, and management of the central hospital; (v) technical and logistical support to a pilot household food security scheme and to a food consumption monitoring system; and (vi) training, advisory services, and logistical backup for the Ministry of Health (MOH) financial and information management, health planning and education, and manpower development, and for the National Health Training Center.