While pleased that a request was submitted for this program. our committee felt that an additional $5.000.000 could be effectively utilized. The increase will allow for recruitment of additional health personnel for assignment to areas with critical medical manpower shortages. Our committee also recommended an increase of $1.899.000 for a total of $20.000.000 for the migrant health program. This will provide for improving the quality and supporting additional comprehensive health services to migrants and/ or seasonal farm workers who can least afford medical care. The maternal and child health programs are a major national resource for providing basic preventive maternal and child health services and for the location. diagnosis and treatment of children with crippling or potentially crippling conditions especially in rural areas. They respond to the serious deficiencies that exist in the amount and quality of care received by poor children as compared with middle class children which result in an excess of preventable deaths. illnesses and handicapping conditions among the Poor.
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