POPULATION AND FAMILY PLANNING

AID PLANS TO CONTRACT WITH DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES TO PROVIDE UP TO TWO MAN-YEARS OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE AREA OF PLANNING AND ORGANIZING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN FP TRAINING AND FP INFORMATION AND EDUCATION (I&E). THIS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WILL BE PROVIDED IN CONJUNCTION WITH PROPOSED PROCOL AGREEMENT TO FINANCE IN-COUNTRY TRAINING, EVALUATION, AND I&E PROGRAMS. (PROCOL IS A PRIVATE COLOMBIAN ORGANIZATION WHICH COORDINATES FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.) ADDITIONALLY, USAID WILL ASSIGN A PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIALIST TO THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH TO SEE THAT CONCEPTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH ARE BROUGHT TO BEAR ON POPULATION PROGRAM PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. TRAINING WILL DEVELOP MANPOWER BASE FOR IMPROVED FP PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, AND WILL STRESS UTILIZATION OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA FOR SECTORAL PLANNING. I&E EFFORTS WILL BE DIVIDED BETWEEN MASS-MEDIA CAMPAIGNS AND COMMUNITY COURSES, AND PERSON-TO-PERSON CONTACT THROUGH COMMUNITY-BASED NON-CLINICAL PROGRAMS. RESEARCH PROGRAMS WILL EVALUATE EFFICIENCY, EFFECTIVENESS, AND ADEQUACY OF VARIOUS CLINICAL AND NON-CLINICAL PROGRAMS; DETERMINE DEGREE OF CLIENT SATISFACTION; EVALUATE TRAINING AND MEDIA PROGRAMS; AND DETERMINE IMPACT OF FP PROGRAMS OF FERTILITY RATE.