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Korea supports family planning
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 ADDIS
ABEBA(August 9-10,2008)
- The Ethiopia Office of Korea International Cooperation
Agency (KOICA) in Addis Ababa has signed an agreement with the Health
Bureau of the Oromia regional state for the implementation of the
project for Community-Based Family Planning Capacity Building in Arsi
Zone of Oromia Regional State.
The Record of Discussion (R/D) was signed after the KOICA implementation
survey tem paid a five day visit (4-8 of August) to those specific
project sites that are located in four districts of the Zone, the
office said in a statement.
The Agreement was signed at the headquarter of Oromia health Bureau
yesterday by Kim Tae-Young, Resident Representative of KOICA Ethiopia
Office and Shalo Daba, Head of the Oromia health bureau, it said.
The R/D reveals that the project will be jointly implemented through
mutual consultation by KOICA and the Health Bureau of the State on
behalf of their respective governments.
Accordingly, the overall objectives of the project are to assist selected
communities in Arsi Zone of Oromia Regional State and to make a successful
model case for Ethiopian family planning.
"To this end, the project will focus on improving Mother and
Children Health(MCH) as well as to strengthening sustainable family
planning, antenatal care and neonatal with 3.4 million US dollars
granted by the government of Republic of Korea through the KOICA",
the statement reads.
The designated project includes construction of a Training/Community-Based
Family Planning (T-CBFP) Center in Hetosa Woreda and Community health
Education Center (CHEC) in other 3 woredas of the zone, the office
said adding that Korean Experts will also be dispatched to share their
successful experience and expertise in family planning and public
health with local health workers and professionals.
Korea has attained comparative success in controlling its population
growth by means of family planning. The natural population increase
rate fell from 3.0% in 1960 to 1.01% in 1995, while the total fertility
rate dropped to 1.7 from 6.0 in the same period.
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