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The team of nurses and ASHAS who work at the Maternal and Child Health Centre in Gautampuri, New Delhi in August 2019.
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Dr Atul Jindal doing an online round at the Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) in district hospital Dantewada, Chattisgarh, India, in December 2018.
In 2026, the priorities in India’s MNH Acceleration Plan include:
Establish targets and strategies for the maternal and newborn health acceleration plan at the subnational level (11 states and 115 districts identified under the plan).
Improve quality of care by expanding the network of sick newborn care units and mother-newborn care units, including with the availability of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, an efficient utilization of newborn units at the block levels and the strengthening of post discharge facility-based follow-up.
Integrate data to capture and track progress along the continuum of care.
Strengthen the approach for ‘At-Risk’ babies and joint home visits by frontline health workers to support the community continuum of care.
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An auxiliary nurse midwife weighs a pregnant woman as part of regular antenatal care in Gurugram district, Haryana State, India. August 2019.
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Dr Rekha Sinha,54 year old performs a medical examination on Laxmi Devi,27 year old, who has come for monthly check up during her pregnancy at the primary health centre (PHC) at Bidupur in district Vaishali in Bihar in November 2016.
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A pregnant woman in Nadi, present for an antenatal check-up during a primary health care outreach session. Gurugram district, Haryana State, India. August 2019.
India is one of the 11 countries that set-up the Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (Quality of Care Network).
India’s successes in improving quality of care for maternal, newborn and child health are essential to help reduce maternal and newborn mortality and stillbirths. These include:
First webinar in a four-part series sharing lessons from the Accelerating Measurable Progress and Leveraging Investments for Postpartum Hemorrhage Impact (AMPLI-PPHI) project. Organized by Jhpiego.
An event during the WHA79 to share high-level messages from the EWENE-Child Survival Action progress report.
A reception during WHA79
See also: ‘’Quality MNCH Care for All, Including Prevention of Stillbirth‘, the poster that the India delegation presented at the International Maternal Newborn Health Conference 2026.
For the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly
These messages were developed by the United Advocacy Working Group for Maternal, Newborn and Child health.
Posters presented by 40 country delegations at the International Maternal Newborn Health Conference 2026.
International Maternal Newborn Health
Conference (IMNHC) 2026
These key messages and advocacy asks are intended to equip partners with evidence-based messaging and
resources in the context of IMNHC 2026.