POPULATION PLANNING

PROJECT CREATES BROAD-BASED DELIV SYS FOR POPULATION CONTROL AND FAMILY PLANNING (FP) AND SERVICES. SYS INCLUDES THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH (MOPH), BUREAU OF POPULATION PLANNING (BPP), THE COMMUNITY-BASED DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM, TAMBON (TOWNSHIP) DOCTORS AND TRADITIONAL VILLAGE MIDWIVES. PROJECT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: 1. DISTRIBUTING CONTRACEPTIVES THROUGH EXPANDED DELIVERY SYS VIA HOSPITALS, CLINIC, BORDER PATROL POLICE (BPP), TAMBON DOCTORS, TRADITIONAL MIDWIVES, MOBILE FP UNITS. 2. LOCAL FP TRAINING FOR MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MOI) FIELD WORKERS (BPP AND TAMBON DOCTORS), TRADITIONAL MIDWIVES,MOPH NURSE-MIDWIVES AND AUXILIARY MIDWIVES (IUD-INSERTION TRNG). 3. ACTIVATING 40 MOBILE FP UNITS. 4. IMPROVING NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM (NFPP) MGMT, RESEARCH AND EVALUATION CAPABILITY THROUGH SHORT-TERM TA, ON-THE-JOB TRNG AND PROGRAM RESEARCH. 5. POPULATION EDUC TRNG AND MATERIALS DEVEL TO STIMULATE AN INCREASED LEVEL OF FUTURE USE OF THE EXPANDED FP SERVICE DELIV SYS. USG WILL PROVIDE CONTRACEPTIVE SUPPLIES (ORALS, FP KITS, MEDIC EQUIPMENT) ON A DECREASING BASIS; MOBILE FAMILY PLANNING UNITS ON 50-50 COST-SHARING WITH RTG; GRANTS FOR LOCAL FP TRNG (AID"S SHARE DECREASING); SHORT-TERM TA IN PROGRAM MGMT, EVALUATION, NEW CONTRACEPTIVE TECHNOLOGY, POPULATION EDUCATION; RESEARCH GRANTS TO NFPP AND TO UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS; CONSULTANTS AND SUPPORT FOR WORLD EDUCATION, INC. (WEI), A MOE-SPONSORED LITERACY PROGRAM, AND FOR DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF INTEGRATED DELIVERY SYSTEMS (DEIDS), AN AID/W-FUNDED TESTING OF NEW METHODS USED IN RURAL HEALTH/FP SERVICES. BENEFICIARIES ARE THAI WOMEN, ESPECIALLY RURAL, POOR WOMEN, THEIR FAMILIES AND THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE. PROJECT PAPER AMENDMENT (#2 DATED 3/13/79) INCREASES LIFE-OF-PROJECT FUNDING FROM $9,569,000 TO $16,607,000 TO FINANCE VOLUNTARY SURGICAL CONTRACEPTIVE SERVICES. IN ADDITION, THE PROJECT PAPER SUPERCEDES A 1975 DECISION TO PROVIDE NO GRANT ASSISTANCE TO THIS PROJECT BEYOND FY 1978.