FAMILY PLANNING

OVER A 5-YEAR PERIOD, 640000 NEW FP ACCEPTORS WILL BE RECRUITED. FULL-TIME FP SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED AT 400 SERVICE DELIVERY POINTS (SDP"S), PART-TIME SERVICES AT 190 ADDITIONAL SDP"S SERVED BY 17 MOBILE UNITS. STAFF AT BOTH FIXED & MOBILE SDP"S WILL INCLUDE A TRAINED COMMUNITY NURSE (PERFROMS BASIC CLINICAL EXAMS, INSERTS IUD"S, PRESCRIBES ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES, CONDUCTS FOLLOW-UP VISITS), 2 TRND FIELD EDUCATORS (PROVIDE FP INFORMATION TO POTENTIAL ACCEPTORS) & A CLERK/TYPIST. THE STAFF OF THE 590 SDP"S & AN ADDITIONAL 817 FP FIELD WORKERS WILL BE TRND & SUPERVISED BY PERSONNEL OF 6 PROVINCIAL & 40 DISTRICT OFFICES, EACH STAFFED BY A PUBLIC HLTH NURSE/TRNR/SUPERVISOR, A FP FIELD OFFICER & A DRIVER. THE DISTRICT MED"L OFFICER OF HLTH OVERSEES ALL OPERATNS IN EACH DISTRICT, SUPERVISED BY PROVINCIAL HLTH OFFICER. A NATIONAL FAMILY MELFARE CNTR(NFWC) WILL BE ESTAB WITH 67 MEMBERS IN 4 DIVISIONS OF MOH TO: 1.TRAIN POP/FP PERSONNEL; 2.PERFORM RSRCH & EVAL FOR GOK MINISTRIES,PUBLIC & PRIVATE AGENCIES & NAIROBI UNIV; 3.PROMOTE FP INFORMATION,EDUCATION & COMMUNICATN(IE&C) THRU MEDIA,ASSIST FIELD EDUCATORS & THE HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT(HEU); 4.PROVIDE TECHNICAL GUIDANCE IN CLINICAL SRVCS. THE NFWC WILL HAVE DAY-TO-DAY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADMIN,COORDINATN OF ALL FP/MCH PROGRS IN KENYA. THE HEU STAFF WILL BE INCRSD FROM 24 TO 99 TO REACH 80% OF KENYA"S POPULATN WITH FP EDUC"L MTRLS SUCH AS CALENDARS,BOOKLETS,SLIDES,FILMS,POSTERS,EXHABITS. THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF HEU WILL BE TO MOTIVATE POTENTIAL ACCEPTORS TO SEEK FP/MCH SERVICES. HEU WILL ALSO DEVELOP OR REVISE TRNG CURRICULA FOR COMMUNITY NURSES,PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICERS,PHARMACISTS,HLTH EDUCATORS,MIDWIVES,HLTH TECHNICIANS,NUTRITION FIELD WORKERS,CLINICAL OFFICERS. EIGHT RURAL EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS WILL BE CONDUCTED ON FP & GENERAL HEALTH & 9 SEMINARS HELD ON SEX EDUC & FP. PROJ CONTINUES POP/FP ACTIVITIES OF AID PROJ 6150141. OTHER DONORS:IDA,SIDA,UNFPA,OTHERS.