| A training programme has been set up in India to help prepare medical officers for the delivery of integrated health services through the primary health centres. The programme's curriculum includes the following topics: public health administration, epidemiology, environmental sanitation; maternal and child health and family planning; school health; medical care; maintenance of equipment; and specific administrative and technical problems. Four courses of 4 weeks each are given per year. The 25 trainees admitted per course receive a stipend (20 rupees per day)for its duration. The syllabus for the training course is appended. |