AID-assisted primary health care projects; summary reviews

is one of the major sources of external support for primary health care (PHC) programs aimed at increasing the availability of basic health services in developing countries. In this report, 52 A.I.D.-assisted projects are summarily described in order to provide an overview of the Agency"s PHC activities and a framework for tracking progress and problems in project implementation, as well as to help identify positive and negative lessons which merit further research. Principal sources used in compiling the report were PID"s (Project Identification Documents); PP"s (Project Papers); PES"s (Project Evaluation Summaries); Special Evaluations (which were available only for a few projects); cables, trip reports, and other project memoranda; consultant and project progress reports; and interviews with AID/W and visiting USAID personnel, as well as with individuals from private and voluntary organizations, consulting firms, and implementing universities. The projects are listed alphabetically by country according to four regions: Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, and the Near East. Main project topics include identification (project name and number, location, dates, funding, responsible offices, contractor, implementing agencies); country statistics; project synopsis, background, and description; implementation experience and in some cases current project status; and a list of specific information sources. Supplementary information is sometimes supplied in a postscript.