HEALTH AND FAMILY PLANNING

A TRAINING & SERVICE NETWORK WILL BE ESTABLISHED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WITH A CENTRAC TRAINING INSTITUTION IN SEOUL"S NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL & TRAINING CLINICS IN RURAL AREAS. DOCTORS WILL BE CHOSEN FROM AMONG 75 HOSPITALS PARTICIPATING IN THE KOREAN FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM (KFPP). THEY WILL BE TRAINED LOCALLY IN 1-MONTH COURSES IN ADVANCED TECHNIQUES FOR FERTILITY MANAGEMENT & PROVIDED WITH THE NECESSARY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT (LAPAROTOMY,VASECTOMY KITS) TO PERFORM STERILIZATIONS. A NETWORK OF TREATMENT CLINICS WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN 5 HOSPITALS & PROVIDED WITH STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT. THE DOCTORS WILL RETURN TO THEIR RESPECTIVE HOSPITALS & PROVIDE STERILIZATIONS TO ALL SOCIO-ECONOMIC GROUPS AS PART OF THE KFPP. STERILIZATION FEES WILL BE SUBSIDIZED BY THE ROKG. TO IMPROVE KOREAN FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, KFPP ADMINISTRATORS WILL BE EXPOSED TO SIMILAR STERILIZATION DEVELOPMENTS IN OTHER ASIAN COUNTRIES AS PART OF PARTICIPANT TRAINING. PROJECT WILL EMPHASIZE FEMALE STERILIZATION AS MUCH OF THE TRAINING & EQUIPMENT TO PERFORM VASECTOMIES HAS BEEN DONE IN EARLIER PROJECTS. PROJECT INVOLVES THE COORDINATED EFFORTS OF VARIOUS KOREAN AGENCIES,SEVERAL FOREIGN DONORS & AID. THE STAFF OF THE JOHNS-HOPKINS PROJECT FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION IN GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS WILL,THROUGH THE KOREAN INSTITUTE OF FAMILY PLANNING,REFINE THE CURRICULUM,RECRUIT LOCAL RESOURCE PERSONNEL & TRAIN DOCTORS IN FERTILITY CONTROL TECHNIQUES. THE KOREAN ASSOCIATION FOR VOLUNTARY STERILIZATION & THE INTERNATIONAL PROJECT OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR VOLUNTARY STERILIZATION WILL SUPPORT VASECTOMY TRAINING IN THE 5 HOSPITALS OF THE SERVICE NETWORK. THE UNFPA & PPK OF KOREA,THROUGH THE KFPP WILL ASSIST THE 5 HOSPITALS IN PROVIDING STERILIZATION SERVICES,SUBSIDIZED BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS FROM REGULAR BUDGET ALLOCATIONS(ACCOUNTING FOR 25% OF TOTAL PROJECT COSTS. PPF OF KOREAN WILL PROVIDE INFORM & MOTIVATIONIONAL SUPPORT.