POP. II

closed

The proposed project, to be implemented over a four-year period, would: (a) establish six family planning specialist centers under the National Family Planning Board (NFPB) for the provision of specialized health care related to family planning; (b) extend the NFPB service delivery network in uban areas; (b) strengthen the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) and family planning services of the Ministry of Health (MOH); (d) expand and strengthen the capacity of the MOH to give in-service training to its staff in integrated rural health and family planning; (e) strengthen the health education program of the MOH and the Information, Education and Communication (IEC) program of the NFPB; (f) strengthen the NFPB management information system and increase NFPB's research and evaluation capacities; (g) expand the capacity of the Ministry of Agriculture's (MOA) family development training and promote nonfamilial roles for women; (h) strengthen the administration of health and family planning services at the MOH and NFPB; (i) improve NFPB's contraceptive storage and distribution system; and (j) make provision for various innovative activities to test new strategies for program improvement.