An Indian government child health screening program launched on 6 February 2013 at Palghar in Maharashtra under the National Rural Health Mission, designed to identify health problems in children early enough for free treatment and management, including surgery at the tertiary level where needed. Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram screens children from birth through age 18 for what the program calls the four Ds, defects at birth, diseases, deficiencies and developmental delays, covering 32 identified health conditions, with newborns screened at delivery points and Accredited Social Health Activist workers supporting home-based screening in the earliest weeks of life. The program is organized around a lifecycle-based screening structure rather than a single checkpoint, managing children aged 0 to 6 through District Early Intervention Centres and children aged 6 to 18 through the existing public health facility network, aimed at improving children's overall quality of life through comprehensive, community-reaching care.
Facts
Program StatusActive, with achievements reported through FY 2023-24 2 Sponsoring BodyNational Health Mission, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India 2 Target PopulationChildren from birth to 18 years of age across India 2 Health GoalImprove children's overall quality of life and provide comprehensive, community-reaching care through early screening and free treatment 2 Measured ResultsAround 160.82 crore children reached through 11,821 mobile health teams from FY 2014-15 through FY 2023-24, with 5.63 crore children receiving secondary or tertiary care treatment for identified conditions 2 Classification
Program Kind Connections
Delivers Practice
Entity-backed identity for the program-kind enum value this public health program already carries, resolved to a health practice by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The program-kind fact itself stays on the program unchanged.
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: India, found in there.
Sources
1. Vajiram and Ravi: Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram current affairs article
Vajiram and Raviarticle, launch date
It was launched in February, 2013 under the National Rural Health Mission.
Program classification, entity description sentence
An Indian government child health screening program launched on 6 February 2013 at Palghar in Maharashtra under the National Rural Health Mission, designed to identify health problems in children early enough for free treatment and management, including surgery at the tertiary level where needed.
View the Source 2. National Health Mission: Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram page
National Health Mission, Government of Indiapage, sponsor byline
National Health Mission (Ministry of Health & Family Welfare)
page, target age range
screening of children from birth to 18 years of age
page, achievements
Since FY 2014-15 till FY 2023-24, we have reached around 160.82 crore children through 11,821 mobile health teams operating from the block level. 5.63 crore children have availed secondary/ tertiary care treatment for the identified health conditions.
page, program overview
a program to improve the overall quality of life of children and provide comprehensive care to all the children in the community
View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.