Dominican Republic project 517-0100 · 1968 · health systems, policy and finance

LOAN AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO THE GOVERNMENT OFTHE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (GODR) TO ESTABLISH INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A MATERNAL/INFANT CARE SERVICE, INCLUDING FAMILY PLANNING (MIC/FP) IN AREAS OF THE COUNTRY WHERE SUCH A SERVICE IS MOST CRITICALLY NEEDED. PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO REDUCE POPULATION GROWTH, STIMULATE THE POPULACE'S DESIRE FOR FAMILY PLANNING AND INCREASE GODR COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES. PROJECT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE CONSTRUCTING AND/OR REMODELING OF 132 HEALTH FACILITIES INCLUDING 16 HOSPITALS, 27 SUB-CENTERSAND 89 RURAL CLINICS; PROVIDING EQUIPMENT FOR ALL FACILITIESPLUS VEHICLES; TRAINING 3085 MEDICAL AND PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL TO MEET MANPOWER NEEDS; AND PROVIDING SHORT-TERM CONSULTANTS IN NURSING, BUILDING MAINTENANCE HEALTH ADMINISTRATION AND HEALTH PERSONNEL. IN ADDITION, THE PROJECT WILL FINANCE COSTS OTHER THAN FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR CONTINUOUS EVALUATION OF THE FP PROGRAM, THE ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION OF THE SECRETARIAT AND THE REGIONAL HOSPITAL SYSTEM. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO PROVIDE FOR A MASS MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN POSITIVE ATTITUDES TOWARDS FAMILY PLANNING. BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE GODR HEALTH EMPLOYEES AND THE RURAL POPULACE.

Source: DEC abstract, PD-AAA-702-B1 (1968). The source's own text.