FINAL REPORT - CONSULTATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE - AID/CSD-2604

OVER 900 HIGHLY EDUCATED CONSULTANTS FROM THE FIELDS OF MEDICINE,NURSING,SOCIOLOGY,DEMOGRAPHY,ECONOMICS,EDUCATION, AND COMMUNICATION WERE RECRUITED BY APHA AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS AND SCHOOLS. SELECTED CONSULTANTS HAVE HELPED PLAN,IMPLEMENT AND EVALUATE HEALTH,POP/FP PROGRAMS,TRAIN PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL MANPOWER,PREPARE AND DISSEMINATE TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND INTEGRATE FP SERVICES INTO MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH AND NUTRITION PROGRAMS. THERE WERE 20 TASK ORDERS ISSUED FOR 153 WORK ASSIGNMENTS,UTILIZING 200 CONSULTANTS (A FEW WORKED ON 2 ASSIGNMENTS) AND 4840 CONSULTANT MAN-DAYS. SOME MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS BY CONSULTANTS INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING: 1.AN EVALUATIVE STUDY OF THE SMALLPOX AND MEASLES CONTROL PROGRAMS IN 19 WESTERN AND CENTRAL AFRICAN COUNTRIES; 2.ASSESSMENTS OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION SERVICES IN 4 AFRICAN COUNTRIES; 3.ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS IN 6 LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES; 4.ASSISTANCE WITH THE EVALUATION AND SETTING OF PRIORITIES OF FP PROGRAMS IN 5 LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES; 5.ASSISTANCE TO AID/W IN EVALUATION OF FP PROGRAMS; 6.IMPROVEMENT OF THE POP/FP CURRICULUM IN SCHOOLS IN 9 DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;AND 7.ASSISTANCE TO THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FOR THEIR 4 SEMINARS ON POP/FP. 43 COUNTRIES,INCLUDING THE PHILIPPINES,BRAZIL,NEPAL,ETHIOPIA,ZAMBIA AND VIETNAM AND 2 GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS (CENTRAL & WESTERN AFRICA AND LATIN AMERICA) WERE ASSISTED BY CONSULTANTS. APPENDIX A IS A SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENTS,LISTING COUNTRY & DATES SERVED,NAME OF CONSULTANT(S) & A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES.DUTIES INCLUDED SUCH VARIED ROLES AS ADVISING ON THE DEV OF THE FACULTY OF PUBLIC HEALTH AT MAHIDOL UNIV,THAILAND TO ADVISING ON EVAL & ANALYSIS OF A NATIONAL FERTILITY STUDY IN COLOMBIA. APPENDIX B LISTS CONSULTANTS" ASSIGNMENTS BY COUNTRY. CONSULTANTS ARE LISTED ALPHABETICALLY IN APPENDIX C AND APPENDIX D GIVES A FINANCIAL REPORT.