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Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan

By Vinay Yadav Updated: 18 May 2020 3 min read Verified Civil Services Notes

Under the scheme, the pregnant ladies who are in 2nd/3rd trimesters will be given free health check-up and required treatment for free on every month.The h...

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Under the scheme, the pregnant ladies who are in 2nd/3rd trimesters will be given free health check-up and required treatment for free on every month.

The health check-up includes a minimum package of prenatal care/antenatal care services i.e care given during pregnancy and medicines such as IFA supplements, calcium supplements etc would be provided to all pregnant women.


The service will be completely free at designated government health facilities.

The programme follows a systematic approach for engagement with private sector.

Thus it aims to improve the quality and coverage of Antenatal Care (ANC) including diagnostics and counselling services as part of the Reproductive Maternal Neonatal Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCH+A) Strategy