USAID. BUR. FOR POPULATION AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE. OFC. OF POPULATION
GRANT TO THE DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER(DMC),STATE UNIV OF NEW YORK,TO TRAIN LDC NURSE-MIDWIVES AND MIDWIVES(M/M"S)TO PROVIDE FAMILY PLANNING(CONTRACEPTIVE)SERVICES.DMC CURRENTLY OPERATES A FP SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM IN CONJUNCTION WITH ITS FP CLINIC AND N/M"S FROM THE US AND ABROAD.TRAINEES RECEIVE CLASSROOM AND ON-THE-JOB TRAINING-EVENTUALLY TO PERFORM EXAMINATIONS,IUD INSERTIONS,AND PATIENT INTERVIEWS WITHOUT SUPERVISION.PROJECT FUNDS THE EXPANSION OF DMC STAFF AND FACILITIES TO ALLOW FOR THE ENROLLMENT OF AN ANTICIPATED 250(154 THE FIRST 3 YRS)N/M"S FROM LDC INSTITUTIONS IN THIS PROGRAM.DMC REPRESENTATIVES WOULD VISIT LDC INSTITUTIONS BEFOREHAND TO IDENTIFY AND SELECT TRAINING CANDIDATES AND ALSO TO IDENTIFY INSTITUTIONS WHICH COULD BE UTILIZED AS SITES FOR PILOT IN-COUNTRY N/M FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES TRAINING PROGRAMS.GRANT SUPPORTS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF UP TO 10 OF THESE PILOT PROGRAMS DURING FIRST 2 YRS OF PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION.THE N/M"S TRAINED AT THE DMC WOULD RETURN TO THESE INSTITUTIONS AND THERE PROVIDE FP SERVICES TRAINING TO OTHER N/M"S.THESE PILOT PROGRAMS WOULD BE ASSISTED,MONITORED AND EVALUATED BY TEAMS OF DMC PHYSICIANS AND N/M"S.OF ALL THE LDC N/M"S TRAINED AT THE DMC,40-80 WOULD BE INVOLVED WITH THE PILOT PROGRAMS; THE REMAINDER WOULD RETURN TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS TO PROVIDE CONTRACEPTIVE SERVICES AND,ALSO,POSSIBLY,N/M FP SERVICES TRAINING.
Winfield, G. F. · 1974
Abstract
A FULL EVALUATION OF THE PROJECT IS TO BE CONDUCTED JOINTLY BY THE DMC AND AID AFTER THE FIRST THREE YEARS TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE APPROACH,THE OUTPUT TARGETS FOR THE NEXT 2 YRS,AND THE DESIRABILITY OF AN EXTENSION OF SUPPORT BEYOND THE FIFTH YEAR. AID FUNDING PROVIDES ALL COSTS FOR OVERSEAS AND ADDITIONAL HOME DMC STAFF,SUPPORT EXPENSES(CONSULTATION,SUPPORT STAFF,LANGUAGE INTERPRETER SERVICES,OFFICES SUPPLIES),AND TRAINEE LIVING EXPENSES. Amendment of 5/76 extends project 3 years. U.S. training to be provided by DMC during this period includes 8-week courses in clinical training and 1-week courses in rural observation to 120 N/M"s, along with the training of 12 physicians to accompany N/M teams and 12 family planning administrators. DMC will also provide in-country TA and follow-up to 15 LDC training programs and will conduct 6 regional refresher seminars for 8-10 N/M"s per seminar. Finally, DMC will twice a year publish and distribute to all former trainees a newsletter on the latest developments in contraceptive techniques and, as needed, develop training materials and aids and distribute publications in English, Spanish, and French to training centers or programs. (PD-AAD-665-D1)
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