POP. TRG (VII)

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The project will support the Government's goal of improving the efficiency and effectiveness by which family welfare services are delivered in the States. The project will will be located in the states of Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu, Kashmir, and Punjab. Specific objectives include : a) expanding the supply of family welfare services; b) increasing the demand for these services; c) improving the quality of services being delivered; and d) improving the efficiency by which the program is managed and operated. The project will consist of the following components : 1) upgrading and expanding the number of primary health centers and subcenters; increasing the medicine supplies, family planning supplies and equipment for maternal and child survival strategies; 2) expansion of the Social Marketing of Contraceptives, increasing the involvement of Private Voluntary Organizations in the Family Welfare Program, and strengthening the Information, Education and Communication efforts in each of these states; 3) improving the quality of family welfare services by upgrading the training of family welfare workers; and 4) improving management through the strengthening of each State's Directorate of Health and Family Welfare.