POPULATION II&NUTRIT

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The project intends to support the government's Maternal, Child Health/Family Planning/ and Nutrition (MCH/FP/Nutrition), programs by helping to finance: the construction and equipping of 57 health centers; technical assistance, fellowships, equipment, vehicles for training Community Health Aides (CHA's), midwives, medical officers, nurses and other staff in the MCH/FP/Nutrition program; equipment for expanding postpartum family planning services to 17 remaining hospitals; equipment, technical assistance and vehicles for a mass communication/education program; technical assistance for a feasibility study for local production and processing of supplementary food, including training fellowships; technical assistance for a health facility maintenance system and a building utilization study; technical assistance, fellowships and equipment for demographic and research studies; technical assistance and fellowships to support the establishment of a Planning and Evaluation Unit (PEU) in the Ministry of Health and Environmental Control (MOHEC); and other innovative activities in the field of MCH/FP/Nutrition.