Agreement no. PDC-0510-A-00-5111-00 to Project Concern International

In Bolivia, PCI will expand health services to communities in Potosi and Chuquisaca provinces where health systems currently do not exist. Child survival funds will be used to continue the program in Cochabamba. Specific interventions will include: (1) community health education with a focus on mother/child health issues; (2) training of community health workers in areas related to child health, including oral rehydration therapy (ORT), immunization, breastfeeding, nutrition, and growth monitoring; (3) upgrading of delivery skills of traditional birth attendants and training in perinatal health; (4) establishment and improvement of child health clinics in larger towns; (5) development of strong community health committees; and (6) strengthening of counterpart skills as needed. In Indonesia, PCI will continue phasing over program activities in North Sulawesi to local health authorities, while extending activities to the Southeast Sulawesi and Riau provinces. Activities will include: (1) health education of villagers with a focus on children and mothers of childbearing age; (2) training of volunteer community health workers in child survival skills; (3) training of traditional birth attendants with expansion of skills training to include growth monitoring and ORT; (4) training of community health workers to implement and/or coordinate immunization programs; (5) establishment of clinics in each village for children under 5 years; (6) motivation of counterparts and villagers; (7) technical training of counterparts; and (8) promotion and enhancement of the national family planning program.