This will help you to avoid setting up services where they are not really needed. Determining the recurrent costs of strategies Although you will not be conducting a detailed final analysis of the cost of strategies, at this point you will need to consider the financial implications of all the proposed strategies. For example, when you are considering building a new health facility, remember that in addition to the one-time capital expense, you will also have the recurrent costs of operating the facility. You must plan and budget for the recurrent as well as for the capital costs. As you plan, remember that the cost of a strategy can be reduced if necessary goods or services are donated instead of bought, or if the programs staffed differently.
Every strategy includes a number of objectives.
An objective is a specific statement of the work you intend to carry out. For example, if your strategy is to set up post-partum family planning services in hospitals, then an objective wold be to staff three hospitals with 30 nurses who can provide family planning counseling and methods. Organizational objectives state the specific, observable changes in the structure or management of your program that will improve efficiency, sustainability, or effectiveness , in areas such as the ratio of fieldworkers to supervisors. Providers who feel pressured to meet extremely high objectives for certain contraceptive methods may ignore informed choice standards and push certain methods on their clients. In order to meet an object, you need to determine which specific activities must take place, who will carry out these activities, and when.