POPULATION PLANNING

BY FY 76, 1,870 GOVERNMENT AND PRI- VATE CLINICS WILL BE PROVIDING FAMILY PLANNING (FP) SERVICES. EACH CLINIC WILL HAVE 2 TO 3 MEDICAL PERSONNEL (1 DOCTOR PLUS NURSES OR MIDWIVES) AND 1 OR 2 LAY FIELDWORKERS. CLINICS WILL OPERATE HALF-DAYS, MINIMUM. FIELD WORKERS OR "MOTIVATORS" WILL MAKE HOUSE-TO-HOUSE VISITS TO PROMOTE FP. CLINIC NURSES AND/OR MIDWIVES WILL ALSO SPEND HALF OF THEIR TIME MAKING HOUSE-TO-HOUSE VISITS. SHORT IN-SERVICE AND PRE-SERVICE TRAINING IN CONTRACEPTIVE METH- ODOLOGY WILL BE PROVIDED TO 2,660 DOCTORS, 5,680 NURSES AND MID- WIVES, AND 3,950 MOTIVATORS. ADMINISTRATIVE TRAINING AND OTHER PARTICIPANT TRAINING RELATED TO POPULATION PLANNING WILL BE PRO- VIDED FOR THE HEADQUARTER STAFFS OF THE POPULATION COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND SOME 30 OTHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AGEN- CIES INVOLVED WITH PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION. MASS EDUCATION ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE PAMPHLETS WRITTEN IN LOCAL DIALECTS, RADIO, TV, FILMS, AND ROVING LECTURE TEAMS. USAID WILL FINANCE LOCAL OPERATING COSTS, CLINIC EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, CONTRACEPTIVES, MOTIVATIONAL SUPPLIES, PLUS LOCAL AND PARTICIPANT TRAINING. USAID WILL ALSO SUPPLY CONTRACT TECHNICAL ADVISORS AND SUPPORT DEOMGRAPHIC FIELD RESEARCH. PRO AG 11-15-71 STIPULATES THAT GOP SHALL BEGIN TO SHARE IN LOCAL PROJECT COSTS. USAID WILL FUND CONSTRUCTION OF A POPULATION CENTER. PROP 4-5-76 OVERHAULS ENTIRE POPULATION PROGRAM. A NEW "NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING OUTREACH" PROGRAM WILL REPLACE THE 2,300 PRESENT- LY PART-TIME AND TOWN-BASED FP MOTIVATORS WITH FULL-TIME STAFF RECRUITED FROM OUTLYING RURAL AREAS WHERE THEY WILL ACTUALLY WORK. AFTER TRAINING. 3,100 FULL-TIME MOTIVATORS WILL BE DEPLOYED (1 FOR EVERY 2,000 MARRIED COUPLES OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE). THEY WILL BE GIVEN OPERATING AND TRAVEL FUNDS (THEY HAD NONE BEFORE), AND EACH WILL ESTABLISH AND MANAGE AN AVERAGE OF 10 VILLAGE OR NEIGHBORHOOD CONTRACEPTIVE SUPPLY POINTS WHERE FREE PILLS AND CONDOMS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED. USAID WILL SUPPORT STERILIZATION THROUGH TRAINING, EQUIPMENT, AND OPERATING ROOM COSTS.