Swasth nari sashakt parivar
Why in News?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi formally inaugurated Swasth Nari, Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan on September 17, 2025, from Dhar, Madhya Pradesh.
Introduction
- Launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 17, 2025, running until October 2, 2025 (Gandhi Jayanti).
- Joint initiative by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) and Ministry of Women & Child Development (MoWCD).
- Largest health outreach campaign focusing on women and children with over 1 lakh health camps planned nationwide.
- Aligned with national priorities for inclusive development, nutrition, and women empowerment.
- Strengthen preventive, promotive, and curative healthcare services for women, adolescent girls, and children.
- Early screening and treatment of conditions including anemia, hypertension, diabetes, cancer (breast and cervical), tuberculosis, and sickle cell disease.
- Promote maternal, child, and adolescent health via antenatal care, immunization, nutrition, menstrual hygiene, and mental health awareness.
- Encourage healthy lifestyles emphasizing obesity prevention, proper nutrition, and voluntary blood donation.
- Mobilize community participation for awareness and health service delivery.
- Health camps organized at Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, Community Health Centres, District Hospitals, and other government facilities.
- Active involvement of private hospitals, medical colleges, and central government institutions (AIIMS, ESIC, CGHS) for specialist services.
- Use of grassroots workers including ASHAs, Anganwadi workers, ANMs, self-help groups, panchayati raj institutions, and youth volunteers (MY Bharat initiative).
- Real-time monitoring through SASHAKT digital portal ensuring transparency and efficient implementation.
- Focus on tribal and rural areas with community-centric models like Jan Bhagidari Abhiyan.
- Comprehensive health screening for women’s specific health issues and non-communicable diseases.
- Maternal and child healthcare services including nutritional counseling, immunizations, and antenatal care support.
- Awareness campaigns on menstrual hygiene, mental health, and wellness.
- Promotion of blood donation drives addressing hemoglobinopathies and emergency health needs.
- Nationwide deployment of health camps over two weeks with daily engagement in all government health facilities.
- Collaboration with private sector and specialists for outreach and service quality enhancement.
- Integration with ongoing government schemes like Mission Shakti and Poshan 2.0 ensures synergy in health and nutrition goals.
- Empowerment of women as primary health decision-makers within families to build healthier households and communities.
- Reduction in maternal and child mortality and morbidity through early detection and prompt treatment.
- Increased health awareness leading to better lifestyle choices among women and families.
- Strengthened community health infrastructure and cadre of trained frontline health workers.
- Progress towards a healthier, empowered India with strong families as the foundation of society and nation-building.
