A Step Towards Safer Motherhood: What is Pradhan Mantri Safer Matrutva Abhiyan? These facilities are provided free to pregnant women

• Under the scheme, free check-up, laboratory tests and sonography services are provided to expectant mothers on the 9th of every month (or the next working day).
• High risk mothers are referred to higher health institution by checking blood pressure, fetal position, heart rate.
• Counseling, medication, nutrition, safe delivery and postnatal care are provided through government and private partnership (PPP).

The basic purpose of health services is to improve health and health education and services are emphasized to improve the quality of life of people. Health care is a social health sector, with emphasis on primary health care, sub-centre, rural health center services. Health care is a social health sector, it also includes primary health care, sub-centres, rural hospitals, primary health centres, district hospitals, government medical colleges. Through this, health services are provided to the people. Keeping the common man at the center, various schemes have been planned by the government for their health. A more people-oriented shalpa of this healthcare can definitely help people to improve their health by getting better health.

The private sector is providing its services through accredited schools. The government has been trying to connect those services with the social health sector. In view of a healthy Maharashtra, it is the government’s effort to make people use the various Mahaarogya Yojana for the common man by providing information about the schemes implemented on behalf of the government. Pradhan Mantri Safer Matrutva Abhiyaan is organized on 9th Sunday of every month or on the following office working day if it is a holiday. A District Planning and Executive Committee has been formed under the chairmanship of District Surgeons to effectively implement the campaign at the district level.

Services provided under Pradhan Mantri Safer Matrutva Abhiyan

• Free lab tests
• The beneficiary is examined by taking the previous medical history and making sure that there are no danger symptoms, complications and any risk.
• Blood pressure, abdominal examination and fetal heart rate are checked for all beneficiaries who come for antenatal check-up.
• All detected high-risk mothers are referred to a higher institution for further treatment. And under the Janani Shishu Suraksha programme, proper treatment is given in higher institutions and all the beneficiaries are given MCP card.
• All expectant mothers undergo a sonography in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy.
• On the day of the campaign, all the beneficiaries are counseled on pregnancy check-up, danger symptoms in pregnancy, preparation for child birth, preparation for pregnancy complications, importance of taking iron tablets and calcium tablets, institutional delivery, referral services, benefits under Janani Suraksha Yojana and Janani Shishu Suraksha Program, post natal care, breastfeeding and supplementary feeding, institutional delivery and post natal family planning.
• Public Private Partnership Involvement in Implementing Pradhan Mantri Safe Motherhood Mission
• Apart from the government organization, if any private organization is willing to provide free service on the day of the campaign, they are included in the campaign. Through them the above mentioned services are provided in their own organization. High-risk mothers identified by private organizations during the campaign are referred to government health institutions with referral letters.
• For scheme benefits and information contact- Government District Hospital of concerned district

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