The State Government on Sunday informed that special efforts are on for early diagnosis and effective treatment of children’s diseases under the Rastriya Bal Swasthya Karkam (RBSK).
“Under RBSK, as many as 618 mobile health teams are regularly visiting villages and schools to check the health status of children between the age group of 0 and18. While facilities like district early intervention centres have already been introduced in all 30 districts for special care of children, the focus is now on early diagnosis of disease and treatment,” said National Health Mission Director Roopa Mishra after attending a review meeting on RBSK here.
The meeting revealed that around 1.21 crore children are getting benefits under the programme in the State. Among others, Health Secretary Arti Ahuja, Advisor of RBSK of the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry Arun Singh attended the review meeting.