rtcfiit ftirk-and 24 technicians have been trained. In Ethiopia, 123 mechanics have been given in-service training at central and regional levels. In Mozambique, efforts have been directed to the im- provement of logistics and the reha- bilitation of the health infrastructure. Health information systems arc ex- tremely weak in many countries, al- though .some progress is being made. A major problem is a shortage of reliable and timely data. India, Sri Lanka and Thailand arc currently in- volved in a collaborative effort to improve the quality of their causc-of- dcath statistics. The success of immunization pro- grammes has focused attention on the need to integrate them into the basic MCH/PHC systems in many countries- Moves arc also under way in Benin, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nepal, Somalia and Togo to integrate Verti- cal' programmes for malaria and con into comprehensive health systems based on PHC. In Togo, health pro- grammes have been integrated in 21 districts. Training for health workers, train- ers, birth attendants and other per- sonnel remains ji priority in all coun- tries. In Swaziland, 350 community leaders and workers from health- related sectors were trained in a pro- gramme to improve intcrsectoral co- ordination. TBAS are in high demand in Nepal, which hopes to train 12,000 by 1992, and in Pakistan, 5,000 TBAs were given training aimed at expand- ing their role in PHc:. In China, 1,600 short courses on advanced MCH were given to 75,000 participants includ- ing 700 doctors. Sri Lanka held work- shops on safe motherhood issues for obstetricians, paediatricians, and 5,000 medical officers and midwivcs. Saudi Arabia has developed a national MCH package for doctors and mid- wives. .Djibouti, Liberia and Mali arc upgrading and expanding their MCH centres, and in Sierra Leone and Mali, the national Men/Family Planning Divisions in the Ministries of Health