India, July 31 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

The salient features of Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan are as follows:

The progress made under Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) since its launch and improvement in maternal health indicators are as follows:

Government of India has adopted several approaches under the Abhiyan for early identification, referral and management of high-risk pregnancies, including the expansion of condition screened and the individual tracking of such pregnancies under the extended e-PMSMA strategy until a healthy outcome of mother and child. The key steps are as follows:

The following steps have been taken by the Government to encourage the private sector specialists and volunteer doctors to extend their services voluntarily to pregnant women under the Abhiyan:

The Government has taken several measures to further strengthen PMSMA, particularly in rural and remote areas of the country. These include:

The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Smt. Anupriya Patel stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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