{"id":2447,"date":"2025-05-02T12:53:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T07:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2447"},"modified":"2025-05-02T12:53:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T07:23:12","slug":"q-with-reference-to-the-pradhan-mantri-surakshit-matritva-abhiyan-consider-the-following-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-with-reference-to-the-pradhan-mantri-surakshit-matritva-abhiyan-consider-the-following-statements","title":{"rendered":"Q. With reference to the \u2018Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan\u2019, consider the following statements:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. This scheme guarantees a minimum package of antenatal care services to women in their second and third trimesters of pregnancy\u00a0and<\/strong>\u00a0six months post-delivery health care service in any government health facility.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Under this scheme, private sector health care providers of certain specialities can volunteer to provide services at nearby government health facilities.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Which of the statements given above is\/are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • 1 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Both 1 and 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Neither 1 nor 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      Answer:<\/strong> (b) 2 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

      Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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      • The Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan has been\u00a0launched by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The program aims\u00a0to provide assured, comprehensive and quality antenatal care, free of cost, universally to all pregnant women on the 9th of every month.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • It guarantees a minimum package of antenatal care services to women in their\u00a02nd \/ 3rd trimesters of pregnancy at designated government health facilities.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The programme follows a systematic approach for\u00a0engagement with private sector<\/strong>\u00a0which includes motivating private practitioners\u00a0to volunteer\u00a0<\/strong>for the campaign developing strategies for generating awareness and appealing to the private sector to participate in the Abhiyan at government health facilities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • It envisages to improve the\u00a0quality and coverage of Antenatal Care (ANC) including diagnostics and counselling services as part of the Reproductive Maternal Neonatal Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCH+A) Strategy.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
        Objectives of the program:<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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        • Ensure\u00a0at least one antenatal checkup for all pregnant women in their second or third trimester\u00a0<\/strong>by a physician\/specialist<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Improve the quality of care during ante-natal visits<\/strong>.\u00a0This includes ensuring provision of the following services:<\/strong>\n
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          • All applicable diagnostic services<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Screening for the applicable clinical conditions<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Appropriate management of any existing clinical condition such as Anaemia, Pregnancy induced hypertension, Gestational Diabetes etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Appropriate counselling services and proper documentation of services rendered<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Additional service opportunity to pregnant women who have missed ante-natal visits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Identification and line-listing of high risk pregnancies based on obstetric\/ medical history and existing clinical conditions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Appropriate birth planning and complication readiness for each pregnant woman especially those identified with any risk factor or comorbid condition.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Special emphasis on early diagnosis, adequate and appropriate management of women with malnutrition.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Special focus on adolescent and early pregnancies as these pregnancies need extra and specialized care.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • One of the critical components of the Abhiyan is\u00a0identification and follow up of high risk pregnancies.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • A sticker indicating the condition and risk factor of the pregnant women would be added onto MCP card for each visit:\n
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            • Green Sticker<\/strong>\u2013 for women with\u00a0no risk factor detected<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Red Sticker<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 for women with\u00a0high risk pregnancy<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              Which of the statements given above is\/are correct? Answer: (b) 2 only Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan Objectives of the program:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[47],"years":[49],"class_list":["post-2447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-international-relations","years-49"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":47,"label":"International Relations"}],"years":[{"value":49,"label":"2024"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":47,"name":"International Relations","slug":"international-relations","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":47,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":79,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2447"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}