How a Haryana portal keeps a check on women with high-risk pregnancies

This is part of Haryana's ongoing efforts to reduce its maternal mortality ratio (MMR) under India's Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan

Rajvanti Devi, 38, stood in a long queue of pregnant women, braving the bright midday sun, at a primary health centre in Wazirabad block of Gurugram district, Haryana. This queue is usual on the ninth of every month, when the health centre provides services to pregnant women, particularly those identified with high-risk pregnancies, under India’s Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (Prime Minister’s Safe Motherhood Programme, PMSMA).

 

Rajvanti Devi, a mother of two girls, was pregnant for the third time, but she did not know how far into her pregnancy she was. This was her first visit