New Delhi: The Centre on Monday will launch the Samagra Shishu Bal Swasthya Karyakram (SSBSK), a unified child healthcare programme that will, for the first time, introduce a risk-stratified approach, providing intensified follow-up for newborns and children identified as "at-risk".
Under the programme, newborns will receive up to nine home visits during the first 42 days of life, while at-risk children will receive up to eight home visits till the age of 36 months, according to the Union Health Ministry.
