India Launches First-Ever Comprehensive Guidelines For Childhood Diabetes Management

India Launches First-Ever Comprehensive Guidelines For Childhood Diabetes Management

The document creates a clear and structured approach for identifying, diagnosing, treating, and managing diabetes in children across the country. This is the first time that childhood diabetes care is fully integrated into India's public health syste

Centre launches framework for childhood diabetes screening, treatment

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched a nationwide plan for early detection of childhood diabetes, mandating screening from birth to 18 years, with free diagnosis, insulin therapy, monitoring devices and follow-up care.

Govt Releases Guidance Document on Diabetes Mellitus in Children – The Indian Awaaz

Last Updated on May 3, 2026 4:20 pm by INDIAN AWAAZ AMN / HEALTH DESK The government has released the Guidance Document on Diabetes Mellitus in Children. The Document was released at the recently concluded National Summit on Best Practices in Public Healthcare Service Delivery. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said that the Guidance Document establishes a structured and standardized national framework for the screening, diagnosis, treat…

Centre launches national childhood diabetes screening, treatment framework

New Delhi, May 3 (PTI) The Union Health Ministry on Sunday released a guidance document providing a framework for screening, diagnosis, treatment and long-term management of childhood diabetes. According to the ministry, the document, for the first time, establishes a structured and standardised national framework, positioning India among a select group of countries that have integrated childhood diabetes care into the public health system. The …