ABSTRACT
Concern continues to mount for the nearly universal inadequacy of health services coverage in the rural areas of less developed countries where the majority of the world's most impoverished families reside. These also tend to be areas of high fertility. A variety of projects have been launched, therefore, to improve the combined coverage of health, nutrition, and family planning services to women and children in a manner that is locally appropriate, effective, and generally affordable to the populations served and their governments.
