Family planning support

The Ministries of Public Health (MOPH) and Family Welfare (MOFW) will implement the project. In the training component, the MOPH, with help from the University of North Carolina"s Program for International Training in Health, will: (1) develop, together with the MOFW, a 10-person national training team (5 each from the MOPH and the MOFW) to develop training curricula and to participate as trainers and training supervisors; (2) conduct a series of 2-4 week theoretical and practical in-service courses for 165 clinic staff members and 110 family welfare educators (including physicians, nurses, and midwives) from 14 priority sites; and (3) integrate pre-service training curricula into the National Schools of Public Health in Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso. Also, the project will provide U.S. or third-country training in clinical and management skills to l8 participants. In the IEC component, Johns Hopkins University"s Population Communication Services (PCS) will help the MOFW: (1) develop, pre-test, and evaluate IEC materials, including logo signs, decals, and posters and brochures on FP themes (PCS will also purchase teaching aids for clinic staff and family welfare educators); (2) organize a series of 2-week workshops to train 140 frontline workers (70 each from the MOFW and the MOPH) to provide FP counseling, work with small groups, use audiovisuals, pre-test IEC materials, and keep simple records; (3) conduct a series of orientation seminars on health and FP themes to leaders of special interest groups in the community; and (4) develop, in collaboration with other ministries, dramatic skits and plays to communicate basic health and FP messages to the general public, especially young couples; at least 24 performances reaching 5,000-10,000 people are expected. The project will also support MCH/FP service delivery by providing short-term TA to help the MOPH and the MOFW develop essential management systems and by helping the MOPH establish and equip a model clinic/training facility.