Theme: “Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures”
Focus: to improve maternal and newborn health and reduce preventable deaths.
Despite progress in reducing maternal mortality, India continues to face significant challenges in ensuring the well-being of mothers and newborns. Experts stress the need for improved healthcare access, nutritional support, and early screenings to prevent avoidable deaths and complications
For every 100,000 live births in India in 2020, 97 women died of maternal causes. This translates to around 24,000 maternal deaths in one year alone. (Data for India. Com.)
A major factor contributing to maternal mortality in India is unsafe abortions, responsible for 5% of maternal deaths between 2007 and 2014.