POPULATION VIII

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The project will include the following components: increasing the supply of family welfare services to slum populations through improvements in outreach services using volunteer female health workers recruited from the slum communitities, and the upgrading of existing and construction of new health facilities; improving the quality of family welfare services provided to slum populations, by upgrading the supervisory, managerial, technical and interpersonal skills of all levels of new and existing medical and para-medical workers and increasing the availability of drugs, medicines and other health supplies; increasing the demand for family welfare services through expanded information, education and communication activities and increased participation of the community in the preparation and implementation of various project activities; improving the management and administration of the municipal Health Departments through appropriate upgrading of project supervision, management information systems, information, education, and communication functions, as well as integrating and/or strengthening co-ordination of health services; innovation schemes which cover a range of additional services including supplementary nutrition, creche programs, environmental sanitation drives, female education and skill training, and preparation of future projects.