HPSP is the large internationally financed (World Bank, UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, WHO and UNAIDS) program, which is aimed to reduce infant and maternal mortality and morbidity, improvements in nutritional status and reductions in fertility so that replacement-level fertility will be reached by the year 2005. The purpose of the programme is to "achieve client-centred provision and client utilization of an Essential 'Service Package, plus selected services". The Essential Service Package (ESP) includes prioritized reproductive and child health services, communicable disease control and limited curative care. In addition, a new component Behavioural Change Communication (BCC) has been initiated to empower people to demand services and expect quality of life and health care. To achieve the overall goal of the programme over the next five to seven years, the government will pursue at least five strategies: 1) design and implement the ESP; 2) reorganize public sector service provision; 3) improve financial sustainability; 4) build a greater role for the private sector and NGOs; and 5) review, revise and update the National Drug Policy, particularly for the purpose of increasing the availability and affordability of essential drugs and promoting the rational use of drugs. The program will address the issues of gender in human resource development activities of the MOHFW, enhancing opportunities for women at the policy and planning level, improve working conditions and guarantee career structures for women.