UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi today launched universal Child Health Screening and Early Intervention Service at Palghar town in Thane district of Maharashtra on February 6.
The initiative, called Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram, is part of the National Rural Health Mission of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The scheme aims to provide comprehensive health care for all children.
As part of the programme, District Early Intervention Centres will be made operational in all districts to treat cases referred from block levels. Tertiary health services will also be made available for cases requiring surgery.
The dedicated mobile health teams will carry out screening of all the children in the age group 0 to 6 years enrolled at Anganwadi centres at least twice a year besides screening of all children enrolled in Government and Government aided schools.
The newborns will also be screened for birth defects in health facilities where deliveries take place and during the home visit by ASHA.
An estimated 27 crore children in the age group of zero to eighteen years are expected to be covered in a phased manner.
The implementation of these services will also generate country wide epidemiological data on selected health conditions for improved future planning of health services.
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