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The SUMAN Roadmap 2030 was launched on June 29, 2026, by Union Minister Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda at the 16th Conference of the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare (CCHFW) conference, serving as India’s key strategy to overhaul maternal and newborn health by 2030.
Key Objectives
- Lowering MMR: Reduce India’s Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) to below 70 per 100,000 live births.
- Targeting Infant Mortality: Substantially decrease the Neonatal Mortality Rate (NMR) and Infant Mortality Rate (IMR).
- Zero Preventable Deaths: Achieve the ultimate goal of zero preventable maternal and newborn deaths.
- SDG 3 Targets: Accelerate progress to achieve United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Well-being) ahead of the 2030 deadline.
- Universal Saturation: Establish 100% service saturation of maternal and child healthcare across all States and Union Territories.
Structural Features
- Continuum Life-Cycle Approach: Operates under the RMNCHA+N framework to integrate healthcare covering pre-pregnancy, antenatal, intrapartum (childbirth), and postnatal periods.
- High-Risk Pregnancy Tracking: Focuses on a structured four-stage framework to screen, track, and clinically manage high-risk pregnancies.
- Differentiated Strategy: Moves away from standard uniform health policies by adapting customised, evidence-based local solutions for varying district-level infrastructure capacities.
- Geographic Target: Focuses deep interventions across 130 high-burden districts spread over 13 high-focus States (including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha, and Assam).
New Ground-Level Interventions
- ASHA Bi-weekly Visits: In high-focus regions, Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) will conduct twice-weekly home visits during the crucial 8th and 9th months of pregnancy.
- Caregiver Financial Support: Financial assistance will be given to a designated family caregiver to accompany mothers during the critical postnatal period.
- Infrastructure Upgrades: Mandates the setup of Birth Waiting Homes (BWHs), Maternal and Child Health (MCH) wings, and Obstetric High Dependency Units (HDUs) in remote or underserved tribal areas.
- Tech-Driven Delivery: Mandates AI-enabled labour rooms, digital tracking through the updated JANANI Portal, and a centralised SUMAN call centre for citizen grievance redressal.
- SUMAN Panchayats: Drives local community participation (Jan Bhagidari) to fix primary healthcare accountability at the village level.
- Climate Resilience: Incorporates tailored planning models to shield pregnant women and fragile newborns from escalating climate threats like intense regional heatwaves.
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