Monday, May 29, 2023
5/29/2023
The Republic of Palau?s Family Planning Services Program is committed to providing information and means whereby individuals can exercise personal choices in determining the number and spacing of their children. This is accomplished through provision of a broad range of acceptable and effective family planning methods and services. The Title X Family Planning fund allows the Ministry of Health to provide these services to the people of Palau. The program has made considerable success in improving the types and quality of services provided. The quality of services is further improved and enhance by the annual training conferences that the Title X grants have supported over the years. Currently, the primary focus of the Family Planning program has been in expanding the number of users, reaching special populations such as adolescents and males especially with respect to issues of unintended pregnancies and effecting changes that are essential in changing their health care environment and this remains our primary focus for this application. Continue federal and international support is a critical factor in our ability to make program improvements and move forward with new initiatives to address the unmet family planning needs of Palau?s reproductive age group.The Republic of Palau remains a medically underserved area with a great majority of the population at or below the federally determined poverty level. With the Ministry of Health?s commitment to the Healthy Island Initiative, important strides are taken to bridge the geographic distances that has been a barrier in accessing services. The satellite dispensaries that are staffed by trained Health Assistants with a rotating physician, nurse practitioners and other professions in strategic locations further improves services accessibility. Continued federal and international support is a critical factor in our ability to make program improvements and move forward.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
