A trained dal caters for a population of -
1000
2000
3000
4000
Ans. is 'a' i.e., 1000 Local dais (Traditional bih attendants) Under Rural Health Scheme, all categories of local dies are trained to improve their knowledge in the elementry concepts of : - i) MCH ii) Sterilization (Small family norm) Training Training is for 30 working days. o They are paid a stipend o/ Rs. 300 during training period. o Training is given for 2 days in a week at PHC, subcentre or MHC centre. o On the remaining four days of the week they accompany the health worker female. o During her training period each dai is required to conduct at least 2 deliveries under the supervision of health worker. The national target is to train one local dai in each village. Note : One village is equivalent to 1000 rural population.