RESUMO
This Decree integrates a number of basic health programmes into a single programme called the Programme of Primary Attention. Within the new programme there are three types of services: a) services of direct attention to persons, which include maternal-child care, and family planning services, among other things; b) activities of attention to the surrounding environment; and c) complementary support services, which include health education, among other things. The family planning services provided consist of the orientation of women of fertile age and distribution of family planning materials (medios) following instructions of other agencies. Within the Programme there are also Education and Nutrition Centres, which give attention to children and pregnant and lactating women in the form of food, health and nutrition education, and attention to their growth and development.