A pilot plan of a Birth Houses Project is being developed in 44 localities in the state of Bahia. The main objective of this project is to improve health care to mothers and children by the introduction of health units with an obstetric center, a nine beds ward, an isolation area and ambulatory offices. These units are planned to give pre and post-natal assistance, natural birth, domiciliary visits, day nursery, health education and vegetable-garden. Its staff consists of an obstetric nurse and four health auxiliaries with special training period of ninety days