Samagra
Shishu Bal Swasthya Karyakram (SSBSK)
Prelims:
Government Schemes, Health
Mains:
GS Paper
II-Health, GS Paper III-Science & Technology
Current
relevance:
The Union Health Minister will
launch the Samagra Shishu Bal Swasthya
Karyakram (SSBSK) during the 16th
Conference of the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare (CCHFW) to
strengthen newborn and child healthcare services.
About SSBSK:
1.
Objective: To provide comprehensive
home and community-based healthcare for children from birth to 36 months, ensuring
continuity of care, improved child survival, nutrition, healthy growth, and
early childhood development.
2.
It is implemented
by the Ministry of Health & Family
Welfare (MoHFW)
3.
It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS)
implemented under the National Health
Mission (NHM).
4.
Beneficiaries: Newborns and children from birth to 36
months, particularly 'at-risk'
children, while also providing support to post-partum mothers, caregivers, and families through home and
community-based healthcare services.
Key
Features:
1.
Integrated Child
Care: Merges Home-Based Newborn
Care (HBNC) and Home-Based
Care for Young Child (HBYC) into a unified programme.
2.
Community
Healthcare: Joint home visits by ASHAs,
ANMs, Community Health Officers (CHOs), and Anganwadi Workers (AWWs).
3.
Conducts Well-Baby
Sessions during Village
Health, Sanitation and Nutrition Day (VHSND) and monthly Shishu Shivir at Ayushman Arogya Mandirs.
4.
Digital-Era Child
Development: Promotes physical
activity, age-appropriate play, and mental stimulation, while
discouraging excessive screen time
during the first three years of life.
Source: PIB- https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?PRID=2278598®=48&lang=1