Stimulation of family planning service : the pathfinder fund

CONTRACTOR SOLICITS REQUESTS OF LDC MEDICAL PERSONNEL, LOCAL INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, & INSTITUTIONS FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF FP INFO & SERVICES. CONTRACTOR VISITS GROUPS REQUESTING ASSISTANCE & PROVIDES SUB-GRANTS TO THESE GROUPS FOR DELIVERY OF FP SERVICES. FUNDING PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO THOSE POTENTIAL GRANTEES WHO HAVE PROSPECTS OF SUPPORT FROM OTHER SOURCES AFTER INITIAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM PATHFINDER. PATHFINDER WILL PREPARE & DISSEMINATE FP EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO FP & MEDICAL PERSONNEL. FP PERSONNEL WILL BE TRAINED & TECHNICAL ADVISORY ASSISTANCE ON PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT & REVIEW WILL BE GIVEN. COMMODITIES SUCH AS CONTRACEPTIVES & CLINICAL EQUIPMENT WILL BE PROVIDED BY AID. CONTRACTOR WILL VISIT SUB-GRANTEES AT LEAST TWICE EACH YEAR. CONTRACTOR WILL ALSO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE ON AN INTERIM BASIS TO HOSPITALS & CLINICS OF A QUASI-GOVT OR GOVT NATURE IN LDC"S WHERE THERE IS NO OFFICIAL GOVT-SPONSORED FP PROGRAMS. CONTRACEPTIVES & EDUC MATERIALS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH THE HOPE OF DEMONSTARTING SUCCESSFUL FP ACTIVITIES & OF ENCOURAGING THE GOVT"S TO SPONSOR FP PROGRAMS. THESE SUBGRANTEES WILL BE REQUIRED TO SOLICIT GOVT SUPPORT FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THEIR FP ACTIVITIES. HOST COUNTRY SUB-GRANTEES PROVIDE FACILITIES, MEDICAL PERSONNEL, TRNG OF LOCAL FP PERSONNEL & PRESENTATION OF FP CONFERENCES. PRIMARY BENEFICIARIES WILL BE INTERESTED HOST COUNTRY GROUPS TRND IN FP SERVICES, WHILE LDC WOMEN, THE CHIEF RECIPIENTS OF FP SERVICES, ALSO BENEFIT. REVISED PROP OF 5/23/73 REQUIRED CONTRACTOR"S SUB-PROJECT DESIGNS TO INCLUDE PURPOSE, TARGET DATES, ANTICIPATED RESULTS, RESEARCH STUDIES, EFFECTS &/OR BENEFITS & EVALUATION PROCEDURES. IN A PIO/T OF 5/25/72, ACTIVITIES PROGRAMMED UNDER THE REGIONAL PATHFINDER GRANT, AID/NESA 392 & OVERHEAD OF THE RUPEE GRANT, AID/CSD-386-1651, WERE CONSOLIDATED INTO A WORLDWIDE GRANT, AID/CSD-1870. PIO/T OF 5/23/73 EXTENDED CONTRACTOR"S DUTIES TO FIELD-TESTING, INTRO & PROMOTION OF FERTILITY CONTROL METHODS. Amendment of 5/83 extends the project through FY87. Pathfinder will support some 500 subprojects (SP"s) in 35 LDC"s. SP"s will include: (1) service/referral outlets and outreach programs (clinics, community-based distribution, voluntary sterilization); (2) training of physicians and other health personnel; (3) population policy activities; (4) women"s self-help and managerial training activities; (5) commodity distribution; and (6) small rapid response grants. SP"s addressing FP-health linkages will attempt to make services more accessible to clients embarrassed to seek only FP, increase policymakers" acceptance of FP, and maximize use of the limited resources within LDC health systems. Three million couples will be newly served by these SP"s and twice that number will benefit from information dissemination. (PD-AAM-844)