OBJECTIVES

1. Establish sustainable, accessible and high quality "Women-Friendly" services in "combined" facilities (which respectively include a Maternity Hospital; Women's Consultation Center; Reproductive Health Cabinet) at regional and district levels in Kutaisi, Zestaphoni and Chiatura.

2. Strengthen provision of women's health information, counseling and services, including antenatal care, contraception and family planning, at primary health care level, in ten "ambulatories", located in the coverage areas of the two facilities in Zestaphoni and Chiatura, and develop referral procedures from primary to secondary level facilities and outreach to the village-based population by health providers.

3. Targeting women, males and adolescents (patients/clients; service "drop-outs"; and those who have never attended facilities) living in the coverage areas of the regional, district and primary care facilities, increase their knowledge, and affect their practices and behaviors to improve healthy life styles and women's health status.

4. Increase availability and use of modern contraceptives as an alternative to present high rates of abortion and to prevent sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) and to contribute to the health of mothers and infants.

5. Update and improve women's health care knowledge and skills among health care providers, with reference to WHO standards and international research-based medical and program evidence.