FAMILY PLANNING SUPPORT

A WIDE-VARIETY OF FP ACTIVITIES,BOTH PUBLIC & PRIVATE WILL RECEIVE SUPPORT. PROJ WILL CONTINUE MARRAKECH HOUSEHOLD DISTRIBUTION SUBPROJ IN WHICH ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES & CONDOMS ARE DISTRIBUTED DIRECTLY TO HOMES. SUBPROJ WILL ALSO BE USED TO COLLECT COST-EFFECTIVENESS & BIRTH CONTROL PREVALENCE STATISTICS FOR ALL WOMEN AGED 15-44 IN THE AREA. US ADVISORS WILL ASSIST IN ITS EXPANSION TO 10 OTHER PROVINCES. US CONSULTANT TEAM WILL STUDY FEASIBILITY OF A COMMERCIAL CONTRACEPTIVE MARKETING SYST. 10 ADDITIONAL FP REFERRAL CENTERS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED & EQUIPPED. CENTERS WILL PROVIDE TECH BACK-UP FOR REGULAR FP SERVICES-TAKING TROUBLE PATIENTS ON REFERRAL & SERVING AS CENTERS FOR RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTATION. A PRIVATE FP ASSOC -- AMPF(ASSOC MORACAINE DE PLANIFICATION FAMIALE) WILL ESTABLISH A NATIONWIDE INFO,EDUC & COMMUNICATION (IE&C) PROG. AID & OTHER DONORS-IPPF(INTNATL PLNND PARENTHOOD FED) & UNFPA(UNITED NATION"S FP AGENCY) WILL PROVIDE TECH,MATERIAL & FINANCIAL SUPPORT, IN ADDITION,US CONSULTANTS WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE MOH"S IE&C PROG. 2 IC&E STAFF MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE US TRNG UPON ATTAINING ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY. ALSO A PERIODIC PUBLICATION-POPULATION REPORT-PRODUCED BY GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV WILL BE REGULARLY DISTRIBUTED TO MOROCCAN PHYSICIANS & PHARMACISTS. US TECHNICANS WILL ASSIST IN MOH NATL FERTILITY & FP SURVEY. INFO ON CONTRACEPTIVE KNOWLEDGE & PRACTICE WILL BE GATHERED ALONG WITH ASSESSMENT OF ATTITUDES TOWARD FP. SURVEY WILL PROVIDE IMPORTANT INDICATOR OF FERTILITY FOR MARRAKECH SUBPROJ. A COMPREHENSIVE MANPOWER DEVEL PLAN COVERING US IN-COUNTRY & 3RD COUNTRY TRNG WILL BE PREPARED. IN-COUNTRY TRNG PROG WILL REACH APPROX 3000 PARAMEDICS, 400 PHYSICIANS EMPLOYED IN PUBLIC HLTH & 70 NURSE TRAINERS INVOLVED IN MOH IN-SERVICE TRNG. FOREIGN TRNG IS PLNND FOR 10 STATISTICIAN & DEMOGRAPHERS,5 IE&C SPECIALISTS & 10 POLICYMAKERS/OPINION LEADERS FROM BOTH PRIVATE & PUBLIC SECTORS. USAID ALSO PROVIDES CONTRACEPTIVES. PRIMARY BENEFICIARIES ARE MOROCCO"S FERTILE-AGE POP.