Over 1.35 crore children screened under govt’s health programme in Gujarat

Health check-up, treatment and referral services for health and wellness are provided to all children from birth till 18 years under the School Health-National Child Health Programme (SH-RBSK).

The School Health Programme was implemented by the state government’s health department in 1998. After the Central government launched the National Child Health Programme in 2014, the Gujarat programme was renamed to SH-RBSK.

Under the programme, health check-ups of more than 12.75 crore children have been done across the state since 2014.

Of these, heart-related surgeries were facilitated for 1.39 lakh children, 17,556 children were given kidney-related treatment, 10,860 children were treated for cancer, 177 children underwent kidney transplants, 26 underwent liver transplants, 198 children got bone marrow transplants, 2,738 children were given cochlear implants, 6,987 children have been given clubfoot and 6,064 children have been treated for cleft lips.