AID cooperative agreement no. OTR-0500-A-00-0088-00 with Andean Rural Health Care to provide support for the child survival projects in Bolivia

Funds will also support existing activities in Carabuco. ARHC will assist local staff and beneficiary communities in conducting baseline surveys of the most serious treatable or preventable childhood illnesses and to identify high-risk children. All vital events will registered through periodic home visitation. Cost-effective programs will then be developed and training provided to community volunteers, health staff, field supervisors, and program managers. Specifically, programs will focus on diarrheal disease management, immunizations, growth monitoring, nutrition education, acute respiratory infection management, and basic maternal health care. ARHC will work closely with the Ministry of Health and with the Asociacion de Programas de Salud del Area Rural (APSAR), a Bolivean PVO that ARHC helped to establish in 1986-87. Local financial support will be generated when possible.