SECOND FAMILY HEALTH

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The objectives of this Second Family Health Project are: 1) to improve the health status of families, particularly mothers and children, through expansion and strengthening of existing health programs; 2) to increase the availability and accessibility of a complete range of child spacing services within the Maternal and Child Health program; 3) to strengthen the Ministry of Health ability to plan, manage and evaluate health services in the framework of a decentralized health system; and, 4) to design and implement through other ministries a multisectoral family health program.The project would support activities at the national, regional, district and community levels throughout the country.The proposed project is comprised of two parts. Part A, consists of such activities as the construction of health centers, technical assistance and training to be undertaken by the Ministry of Health. Part B, consists of multisectoral family health activities coordinated by the Department of Economic Planning and Development, Office of the President and Cabinet.