Centre revamps Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram, adds mental health, NCD screening

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The revised guidelines present a broad preventive, promotive and curative continuum of attraction for children from commencement to 18 years of age, with a stronger absorption connected digitalisation and continuity of care. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu

The Centre has expanded the scope of the Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) to see screening for intelligence wellness conditions and hazard factors for non-communicable diseases (NCD) specified arsenic diabetes and hypertension nether the programme’s revised guidelines.

The Union Health Ministry released the RBSK 2.0 guidelines during the precocious concluded National Summit connected Good Practices and Innovations successful Public Healthcare Service Delivery, marking a large overhaul of the flagship kid wellness screening programme.

Published - May 03, 2026 05:08 p.m. IST

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