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Integrated Child Health Programme - SSBSK
July 5 , 2026
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- The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched the Samagra Shishu Bal Swasthya Karyakram (SSBSK) to improve newborn and child healthcare through integrated home-based care and digital tracking.
- SSBSK merges Home-Based Newborn Care (HBNC) and Home-Based Young Child Care (HBYC) into one programme.
- It provides risk-based home visits for children up to 36 months, with extra visits for pre-term and low birth weight babies.
- Frontline workers like Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA), Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANM), Community Health Officers (CHO) and Anganwadi workers implement the programme.
- It includes maternal mental health screening, growth monitoring, immunisation support and early childhood development activities.
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