PM Modi launches largest Women and Child Health campaign
Bhopal: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi yesterday launched the 'Swasth Nari, Sashakt Parivar' (SNSP) Abhiyaan along with the 8th Rashtriya Poshan Maah, in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. Dr Mohan Yadav, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, was also present.
Union Health Minister, Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda, joined the event from Haryana, where he inaugurated multiple health camps in the presence of Chief Minister, Haryana, Shri Nayab Singh Saini and Smt. Arti Singh Rao, Health Minister, Haryana, while Union Ministers of State for Health, Shri Prataprao Jadhav, joined the occasion from the Yashwantrao Chavan Centre in Mumbai and Smt. Anupriya Patel attended the event from the Delhi Secretariat in the presence of Delhi Chief Minister Smt. Rekha Gupta.
The Swasth Nari Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan marks the largest ever health outreach for women and children in India. The initiative, jointly led by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) and the Ministry of Women & Child Development (MoWCD), will involve organising more than 10 lakh health camps from 17th September to 2nd October at Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, Community Health Centres (CHCs), District Hospitals and other government health facilities across the country to provide women-centric preventive, promotive, and curative health services at the community level.
It will strengthen screening, early detection, and treatment linkages for non-communicable diseases, anaemia, tuberculosis, and sickle cell disease, while also promoting maternal, child, and adolescent health through antenatal care, immunisation, nutrition, menstrual hygiene, lifestyle and mental health awareness activities. At the same time, the campaign will mobilise communities towards healthy lifestyle practices with a special emphasis on obesity prevention, improved nutrition, and voluntary blood donation.
In his address, the Prime Minister stated that “Our mothers and sisters, our Nari Shakti, are the main Aadhar of our Rashtra Pragati (National Development). If a mother is healthy, the whole family stays healthy. A mother's health impacts the whole family. Therefore, this campaign is dedicated to mothers and sisters and for their healthy future.”
The Prime Minister noted that “Nari Shakti” is a key pillar of Viksit Bharat and Swasth Nari Sashakt Parivar is a “Maha Abhiyaan” towards bringing about women-led development. He underlined that the goal is to ensure that no woman falls victim to a serious illness due to lack of knowledge or resources. “Early diagnosis for diseases like hypertension, diabetes, anaemia, or cancer is necessary as they can become fatal later and therefore will be available during this campaign”, he stated.
PM urged women to make time for their health and avail the facilities in the health camps without any apprehension. Noting that sickle cell anaemia is a pertinent issue in the tribal regions of the country, he particularly appealed to tribal women to take advantage of the benefits available during the campaign period. He also stated that all tests and medicines in the health centres will be available free of cost. “Our resolve is that no mother or daughter should be left behind. Those who require further treatment can avail the protective cover (Suraksha Kavach) provided by the Ayushman cards”, he further stated.
Referring to the various schemes launched by the government, Prime Minister underlined that “our commitment is towards making the lives of women easier and improving their health.” He also said that, “on our journey towards becoming a Viksit Bharat, we are working with the objective of a decline in MMR and IMR.
With this objective, the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana was launched in 2017. More than 4.5 crore pregnant women have benefited from the scheme. In total, more than ₹19,000 crore has been transferred to the bank accounts of women.”
The Prime Minister also handed over the one croreth sickle cell card during the occasion. Highlighting that the government is running a national mission for its elimination, he stated that lakhs of tribal lives have been saved due to Sickle Cell screening. He also informed that more than 5 crore people have been screened under the National Sickle Cell Anaemia Mission, which was launched in Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh.
Dr Mohan Yadav stated that the last 11 years have witnessed a historic transformation in the country and thanked Hon’ble Prime Minister for choosing the tribal region of Dhar for launching the various initiatives.
Background:
The campaign is being organized from 17th September to 2nd October 2025 at Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, Community Health Centres (CHCs), District Hospitals and other government health facilities across the country. More than ten lakh health camps will be organized, making this the largest ever health outreach for women and children in the country. Daily health camps will be held in all government health facilities nationwide.
Launch event of SNSP Abhiyaan was organised across the country yesterday. Hon’ble Chief Ministers and Governors of various states graced the event in their respective regions.
Public representatives, including Central and State Ministers, MPs and other public representatives, have joined the campaign. ASHAs, ANMs, Anganwadi workers, SHGs, PRIs, urban local bodies, MY Bharat volunteers, and youth groups are spearheading community mobilisation at grassroots level.
Key Health Services
Specialist services including Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Eye, ENT, Dental, Dermatology, and Psychiatry will be mobilized through Medical Colleges, District Hospitals, Central Government institutions, and private hospitals.
Central Government institutions such as AIIMS, Defence and Railway hospitals, ESIC hospitals, CGHS centres and Institutes of National Importance (INIs) will complement these efforts, ensuring specialist services and continuity of care reach to the last mile. Several private sector health facilities have also offered to support the initiative. This is expected to expand the scale, quality and outreach the initiative.
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