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11 April: National Safe Motherhood Day Celebrations 2019 Theme, Details, Aim
11 April: National Safe Motherhood Day Celebrations 2019 Theme, Details, Aim, Significance
National Safe Motherhood Day (NSMD) is celebrated every year on 11th April across India to promote awareness of proper healthcare and maternity facilities to pregnant and lactating women.
National Safe Motherhood Day (NSMD) also aims to create awareness about institutional delivery, reducing anemia among women and better pre and postnatal health care are necessary for mothers.
National Safe Motherhood Day 2019 (NSMD), the theme is ‘Respectful Maternity Care’.
National Safe Motherhood Day (NSMD) is an initiative of White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood, India (WRAI) to ensure that every woman has access to during pregnancy, childbirth, and postnatal services.
At the request of WRAI, the Central Government in 2003 had instituted this day on the occasion of birth anniversary of Kasturba Gandhi, wife of MK Gandhi, father of the nation.
India is the first country in the world to celebrate National Safe Motherhood Day. Each year WRAI selects advocacy theme of NSMD.
