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Business Standard
09-06-2025
- Health
- Business Standard
PM Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan marks 9 years, MRR declines by 50 points
India's Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) has declined by 50 points in the nine years of Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA). During that time, 6.19 crore women have been examined under the scheme. According to a press note, the government's combined efforts to provide antenatal care and ensure proper nutrition for pregnant women have led to a significant improvement in India's Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), which declined from 130 per lakh live births in 2014-16 to 80 per lakh live births in 2021-23, a reduction of 50 points. According to the note, 6813 volunteers have registered to assist pregnant women under the PMSMA. Maharashtra has topped the list of the most volunteers registered under the scheme till May 2025 with 1131 volunteers, followed by 1076 in Uttar Pradesh and 1015 in Rajasthan. Uttar Pradesh has the most pregnant women in the second or third trimester receiving antenatal care under the scheme, with 189534 women who have received the facilities. Launched in June 2016, the PMSMA is a flagship initiative of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. It was designed to provide assured, comprehensive, and quality antenatal care (ANC) services free of cost to all pregnant women on the 9th of every month, particularly during the second and third trimesters. The core aim is to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality by facilitating early detection and prompt management of high-risk pregnancies. The press note says that the programme follows a systematic approach to engagement with the private sector, which includes motivating private practitioners to volunteer for the campaign, helping develop strategies for spreading awareness, and participating in the Abhiyan at government health facilities. The PMSMA aligns with the broader goals of the Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health plus Nutrition (RMNCAH+N) strategy under the National Health Mission (NHM). The main objectives of the scheme include ensuring that every pregnant woman receives at least one check-up by a physician/specialist during the second or third trimester, improve the quality of care during antenatal visits, identifying and managing high-risk pregnancies (HRP) at an early stage, appropriate birth planning and complication readiness for each pregnant woman, ensuring appropriate management of women with malnutrition and a special focus on adolescent and early pregnancies. The E-PMSMA strategy was rolled out in January 2022 to ensure the tracing and tracking of High-Risk Pregnant (HRP) women until a safe delivery is achieved by provisioning financial incentivisation for the identified HRP women and accompanying Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) for an extra three visits over and above the PMSMA visit, the press note said. Services offered under the scheme include routine antenatal care checkups, diagnostic services, identification and management of high-risk pregnant women, and counselling regarding nutrition, family planning, birth preparedness, and newborn and postnatal care. PMSMA complements other government programs, including the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), which was launched to incentivise institutional deliveries through conditional cash transfers. This scheme has benefited over 11.07 crore women as of March 2025, the Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK), launched to promote free institutional delivery and neonatal care. More than 16.60 crore beneficiaries have been served since 2014-15, LaQshya Initiative for improving quality of care in labour rooms, the Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan (SUMAN), launched to strengthen respectful and quality care for pregnant women. 90,015 SUMAN health facilities have been notified across the country by March 2025, the POSHAN Abhiyaan, started to target the most vulnerable--children, adolescent girls, pregnant women, and lactating mothers--by revamping the nutrition services and the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), launched to promote institutional delivery and ensuring maternal health, the scheme provides direct cash benefits of Rs5,000 to pregnant and lactating women.
India Gazette
09-06-2025
- Health
- India Gazette
PM Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan marks 9 years, Maternal Mortality Ratio declines by 50 points
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): India's Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) has declined by 50 points in the nine years of Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA). During that time, 6.19 crore women have been examined under the scheme. According to a press note, the government's combined efforts to provide antenatal care and ensure proper nutrition for pregnant women have led to a significant improvement in India's Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), which declined from 130 per lakh live births in 2014-16 to 80 per lakh live births in 2021-23, a reduction of 50 points. According to the note, 6813 volunteers have registered to assist pregnant women under the PMSMA. Maharashtra has topped the list of the most volunteers registered under the scheme till May 2025 with 1131 volunteers, followed by 1076 in Uttar Pradesh and 1015 in Rajasthan. Uttar Pradesh has the most pregnant women in the second or third trimester receiving antenatal care under the scheme, with 189534 women who have received the facilities. Launched in June 2016, the PMSMA is a flagship initiative of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. It was designed to provide assured, comprehensive, and quality antenatal care (ANC) services free of cost to all pregnant women on the 9th of every month, particularly during the second and third trimesters. The core aim is to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality by facilitating early detection and prompt management of high-risk pregnancies. The press note says that the programme follows a systematic approach to engagement with the private sector, which includes motivating private practitioners to volunteer for the campaign, helping develop strategies for spreading awareness, and participating in the Abhiyan at government health facilities. The PMSMA aligns with the broader goals of the Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health plus Nutrition (RMNCAH+N) strategy under the National Health Mission (NHM). The main objectives of the scheme include ensuring that every pregnant woman receives at least one check-up by a physician/specialist during the second or third trimester, improve the quality of care during antenatal visits, identifying and managing high-risk pregnancies (HRP) at an early stage, appropriate birth planning and complication readiness for each pregnant woman, ensuring appropriate management of women with malnutrition and a special focus on adolescent and early pregnancies. The E-PMSMA strategy was rolled out in January 2022 to ensure the tracing and tracking of High-Risk Pregnant (HRP) women until a safe delivery is achieved by provisioning financial incentivization for the identified HRP women and accompanying Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) for an extra three visits over and above the PMSMA visit, the press note said. Services offered under the scheme include routine antenatal care checkups, diagnostic services, identification and management of high-risk pregnant women, and counselling regarding nutrition, family planning, birth preparedness, and newborn and postnatal care. PMSMA complements other government programs, including the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), which was launched to incentivise institutional deliveries through conditional cash transfers. This scheme has benefited over 11.07 crore women as of March 2025, the Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK), launched to promote free institutional delivery and neonatal care. More than 16.60 crore beneficiaries have been served since 2014-15, LaQshya Initiative for improving quality of care in labour rooms, the Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan (SUMAN), launched to strengthen respectful and quality care for pregnant women. 90,015 SUMAN health facilities have been notified across the country by March 2025, the POSHAN Abhiyaan, started to target the most vulnerable--children, adolescent girls, pregnant women, and lactating mothers--by revamping the nutrition services and the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), launched to promote institutional delivery and ensuring maternal health, the scheme provides direct cash benefits of Rs5,000 to pregnant and lactating women. (ANI)
Time of India
22-05-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Deliveries in Haryana hospitals up from 89% to 98% in 9 yrs
1 2 3 Gurgaon: Most women in Haryana are choosing to give birth in hospitals and health centres, according to govt data that shows 98.3% of deliveries recorded across the state in 2024 were in medical facilities, a jump from 89% in 2015. Officials said on Wednesday that institutional deliveries was helping make childbirth safer and reduce maternal mortality rate (MMR) in the state. The Special Bulletin on Maternal Mortality in India, released this month, said Haryana's MMR reduced from 110 per 100,000 live births in 2017–19 to 106 in 2019-21. The state aims to bring down MMR to the global goal of 70 for 100,000 births by 2030. Maternal mortality is defined as the death of a woman while she is pregnant, death after giving birth or within six weeks of giving birth. Health department officials said several govt initiatives are helping make these changes possible. Among them is the 'Zero Home Delivery' campaign, which spreads awareness about the importance of delivering a child at health centres with trained medical professionals. The state also asked all districts to improve ante-natal care and identify high-risk pregnancy cases. They were asked to maintain dashboards with high-risk cases at all govt health centres, and ensure that all anaemic women with low red blood cell count get mandatory blood transfusion. Another key initiative is the Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA), which facilitates check-ups for pregnant women in the early stages of conception. Under the National Health Mission (NHM), Haryana also introduced its 'blanket sanction' policy that allows districts to directly hire doctors and specialists in under-staffed regions. "All labour rooms across the state have been upgraded with essential drugs, equipment, and logistics. These advancements aim to ensure that every childbirth is safe, dignified and well-supported," said Dr Ripu Daman Singh Dhillon, mission director of NHM-Haryana. Dhillon said that the state also carried out several programmes, including identifying high-risk pregnancies, to intervene before any complications can arise. For instance, the Janani Surakshit Maah (JSM) campaign facilitates additional resources and medical attention for high-risk pregnancy cases. The Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) provides monetary support for institutional deliveries to women from economically disadvantaged sections. Similarly, Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK) eliminates out-of-pocket expenses by offering free drugs, diagnostics, diet, blood transfusions and referral transport services to women. "The state also implemented a maternal death review (MDR) system, conducting one-to-one reviews at the state level to identify systemic gaps and implement corrective measures promptly. This data-driven approach allows for continuous improvement," said Dr Virender Yadav, director, NHM-Haryana.
Time of India
15-05-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Lives of 8K more moms saved during childbirth in UP in 10yrs
Lucknow: More expectant mothers are being saved from dying during childbirth in UP now compared to a decade ago, suggests a comparison of the sample registration system (SRS) bulletin on maternal mortality. The bulletin for the reference year 2021 was released last week. It showed that compared to a maternal mortality ratio (MMR) of 285 in 2011, UP's MMR was reported to be 151 in 2021. Maternal deaths are measured in terms of lives lost per one lakh live births. This means that in 2011-13, for every one lakh live births, 285 mothers were dying. This number declined to 151 in 2019-2021. UP's birth rate stands at 24.8 per 1000 population as of now. This translates into some 62 lakh live births in a year, keeping the state's population of 25 crore in mind. So, an estimated 8,308 expectant mothers were saved from dying during childbirth in the SRS year. The decline is a multi-factorial outcome, said mission director of National Health Mission, UP, Pinky Jowel. "Our entire team worked tirelessly to ensure access, quality and timeliness of healthcare services. ASHA workers, ANMs and medical officers improved service delivery at the grassroots level, which paid dividends," she said. She added that the strategy of caring for mothers and children for 1,000 days has proven effective in reducing MMR. "This included registering pregnant women immediately upon conception, ensuring at least four antenatal check-ups (ANC), and identifying and managing high-risk pregnancies under the Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA)," she said. She said that the state worked hard to strengthen First Referral Units (FRUs) to save more lives. "While on one hand, the state rolled out a massive programme to train doctors in emergency obstetric care to manage complications during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period to prevent any untoward incidents, it invested in ensuring the availability of 24x7 delivery services at the FRUs by deploying specialist doctors, trained staff, providing blood storage units and operation theatres," she said. The multi-pronged strategy also included promoting institutional deliveries, maintaining the quality of healthcare services under the National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS), strengthening emergency medical transport service (102-108 ambulance) and reducing its response time to promote institutional deliveries. It also involved monitoring the health of mothers even when they reach home through MANTRA and e-KAVACH apps, among others. Despite this reason to smile, UP needs to continue to work on the count for several reasons. First, the state's burden of MMR is the third highest in the country. Second, it is way behind the national figure of 93. Finally, it is far from the sustainable development goal target of 70. Asked what the state govt would do to improve its performance on the count, Jowel said: "Our future goal is to achieve NQAS certification for more FRUs and to strengthen data-driven decision-making systems to continuously improve the reach and quality of maternal and newborn care services, bringing UP's standards on par with national standards."
