Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) recently launched extended Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan.
Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA)
- Type of Scheme: Central Government Initiative
- Objective:
- Provide assured, comprehensive, and quality antenatal care, free of cost, to all pregnant women in their 2nd or 3rd trimesters on the 9th of every month.
- Focus on identifying high-risk pregnancies, ensuring birth planning, and managing complications.
- Implementing Agency: Government health facilities, with private practitioners volunteering.
- Beneficiaries: All pregnant women in their 2nd or 3rd trimesters.
- Launch Date: July 2016
- Tenure: Ongoing
- Key Provisions:
- Comprehensive Care: Minimum package of antenatal services at designated government health facilities.
- Private Sector Engagement: Encourages private practitioners to volunteer.
- Diagnostic Services: Includes tests for anaemia, gestational diabetes, and hypertension.
- Focus Areas: Special emphasis on adolescent and early pregnancies; provision of nutritional supplements.
- High-Risk Pregnancy: Expanded list from 10 to 25 categories.
- Recent Initiatives:
- ‘I Pledge For 9’ Achievers Awards: Recognizes private sector doctors who contribute to the PMSMA scheme.
