POPULATION & HEALTH

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The project would assist the Government to develop a strategy and a program to slow population growth and to strengthen the management and delivery of basic health and family planning services. The project comprises: (a) establishment of and technical assistance for a unit in the Planning Directorate to plan and coordinate a national population program; (b) technical assistance, training and materials and equipment to the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MPHP) to improve and expand the family planning program; (c) improvements to the storage and distribution of pharmaceuticals, including the establishment of a small compounding unit; (d) construction and equipment of two maternal/child health clinics and renovation or replacement of about thirty substandard health posts; (e) fellowships for nurse trainers and technical assistance for health manpower planning and curriculum development for the National Health School; and (f) a study and long-range plan for the development and financing of hospital services.