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  • Title: Making primary health care a way of life.
    Author: Mamuya SJ.
    Journal: JOICFP Rev; 1985 Oct; 10():28-31. PubMed ID: 12313884.
    Abstract:
    Umati is a nongovernmental and nonprofit voluntary family planning organization which pioneered family planning activities in Tanzania in 1959. Umati was also assigned a role in the MCH program to ensure that the family planning component be given equal priority with the other components of the health program. Umati assists the Ministry of Health in its efforts to increase awareness of the advantages of family planning and responsible parenthood; gives advice on service delivery as well as assists the Ministry of Health in its task of training family planning service providers; and assists the Ministry of Health in the procurement and distribution of contraceptives and equipment. Umati is supported by the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF). The integrated project aims to compensate for some of the deficiencies inherent in the MCH program. The project should respond to other community needs in order to attract and sustain the interest and active participation of community members. Parasite control and nutrition have been selected as priority health concerns. The integrated project must belong to the community. The following channels are being utilized on the local level: the local steering committee; the project volunteers; the Family Planning Association of Tanzania; MCH unit of the government; the government environmental sanitation unit; primary schools; religious institutions; the village government; and information, education and communication. The project should be evaluated and should be flexible.
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