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Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK)

January 11, 2021
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About RBSK

  • Launched in 2013 under the National Health Mission (NHM), RBSK is focused on preventing disease and disability in children.
  • Ministry: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  • An estimated 25 crore children below the age of 18 will be screened for the two infectious diseases, and if a person is suspected to have either of the two, s/he will be sent to a higher centre for confirmation.
  • The existing Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) infrastructure will be used for the screening.

What is Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK)?

  • RBSK is focused on preventing disease and disability in children. 
  • This initiative is aimed at screening children from 0 to 18 years for 4Ds – Defects at birth, Diseases, Deficiencies and Development Delays including Disabilities. 
  • Children diagnosed with illnesses shall receive follow up including surgeries at tertiary level, free of cost under NHM.

Objective :

  • Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) is an innovative and ambitious initiative, which envisages Child Health Screening and Early Intervention Services, a systemic approach of early identification and link to care, support and treatment.

Key features of the scheme:

  • The RBSK programme corresponds to the Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child Health and Adolescent Health strategy (RMNCH+A), Incheon Strategy to “Make the Right Real” for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific, and Child Survival and Development – A Call to Action summit held in Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu in 2013. 
  • The scheme aims at early identification and early intervention for children from birth to 18 years to cover 4 D’s viz. Defects at birth, Deficiencies, Diseases, Development delays including disability.  
  • The 0 – 6 years age group specifically managed at District Early Intervention Center ( DEIC ) level while for the 6 -18 years age group, managed at existing public health facilities. 
  • The services aim to cover children of 0 -6  years of  age in rural  areas and urban  slums  in addition  to  children  enrolled in  classes I to XII in  Government and Government  aided Schools. It is expected that these services will reach about 27 crores children in a phased manner.
National Health Mission

  • In May 2013, the government had launched the National Urban Health Mission, which was later integrated into the National Rural Health Mission and a new National Health Mission was created from 2014-15. 
  • Both NUHM and NRHM are now two of six components of NHM. 

The six components of National Health Mission as follows:

  • National Rural Health Mission 
  • National Urban Health Mission 
  • Flexible pool for Communicable disease
  • Flexible pool for Non communicable disease including Injury and Trauma
  • Infrastructure Maintenance
  • Family Welfare Central Sector component.

The broad objectives of National Health Mission includes the following

  • Reduce MMR to 1/1000 live births
  • Reduce IMR to 25/1000 live births
  • Reduce TFR to 2.1
  • Prevention and reduction of anaemia in women aged 15–49 years
  • Prevent and reduce mortality & morbidity from communicable, non- communicable; injuries and emerging diseases
  • Reduce household out-of-pocket expenditure on total health care expenditure
  • Reduce annual incidence and mortality from Tuberculosis by half
  • Reduce prevalence of Leprosy to <1/10000 population and incidence to zero in all districts
  • Annual Malaria Incidence to be <1/1000
  • Less than 1 per cent microfilaria prevalence in all districts
  • Kala-azar Elimination by 2015, <1 case per 10000 population in all blocks
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