INDIA DAY

India Day:

• India Day event provided a platform for expressing the vision and achievements of RMNCH+A by major stakeholders from national, state, and community.
  
  
• It aimed to share and learn from the good practices and innovations implemented by different States/UTs and organisations to address various health challenges around maternal and child health.
  
  

Reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent (RMNCH+A) programme:

• In India, RMNCH+A was launched in 2013 to address the major causes of mortality among women and children as well as the delays in accessing and utilizing health care and services.
  
  
• Since the roll out of RMNCH+A, India’s maternal mortality rate (MMR) has fallen from 556 in the year 1990 to 130 in 2014–16 (SRS data).
  
  
• RMNCH+A is aligned with the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health and its key programming tenets to end preventable deaths, ensure well-being and expand enabling environments, popularly known as the Survive, Thrive and Transform approach.