New Delhi, May 3 -- In a significant step towards strengthening child health services in the country, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released the Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) 2.0 Guidelines at the recently concluded National Summit on Good Practices and Innovations in Public Healthcare Service Delivery.

The RBSK 2.0 Guidelines mark a major advancement in India's flagship child health screening programme, building on over a decade of implementation and expanding its scope to address emerging child health priorities, a release said.

The updated framework reinforces and broadens the established 4Ds approach - Defects at Birth, Diseases, Deficiencies and Developmental Delays, while incorporating new-age health challeng...