What is Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA)?

Beneficiaries Who Are Entitled Under the PMSMA Scheme

The PM Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan provides assured and comprehensive healthcare to women all over India currently in the last 6 months of their pregnancy. Efforts are taken to involve women who have not yet undergone registration for antenatal care or those who haven’t availed services even after being registered, especially the ones with high-risk pregnancies.

Public Health Facilities that can Implement this Campaign

Government healthcare centres that are authorised to partner and implement the Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan in both rural and urban areas are as under:

Provision of Services Under PMSMA

A beneficiary is first registered under the Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan at the facility, followed by routine lab investigation, the reports of which are handed over to them for a meeting with the gynaecologist. Here are a few services that are provided to a registered beneficiary under the PMSMA scheme:

• Sharing the beneficiary’s medical history along with routine examinations including blood pressure, foetal heart sound, abdominal scan, etc. to detect any complications or risks during the pregnancy.
  

• Samples for specific investigation requested by a beneficiary visiting a public health centre will be collected and transported to the appropriate location by the ANM for testing. The ANM will also stay in touch with them and inform them about the results of the tests conducted.
  

• A medical officer will also examine every PM Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan beneficiary. Women with high-risk pregnancies can be treated by either the obstetrician or gynaecologist present or be referred to higher facilities by providing them with referral slips that mention the diagnosis and treatment.
  

• Each woman can undergo one ultrasound during her pregnancy, including expenses towards ultrasonogram services, if required, to be made under a PPP (Public-Private Partnership) mode.
  

• Each woman is issued an MCP card with information about her condition and risk factors through colour-coordinated stickers. Green indicates no risks, red is for high-risk pregnancies, blue for hypertension due to pregnancy and yellow for those with comorbid conditions such as diabetes, etc.
  

• Individual or group counselling on rest, nutrition, danger signs or complications, family planning, safety, and care during pregnancy, among others, is to be provided to all women before they leave the facility.
  

• Pregnant women will also be provided with antenatal check-ups by OBGYN specialists/radiologists/physicians with support from private sector doctors to supplement the public sector’s efforts.
  

• Adolescent and early pregnancies are given special focus as these pregnancies need extra and specialised care.

Registration for Volunteer Doctors

The Government of India is encouraging obstetricians, radiologists and physicians who are practising in the private or voluntary sectors, or even those who have retired, to register themselves under the PMSMA scheme and provide their valuable services at the government health facilities in their respective districts. Their support will help in supplementing the efforts of the government doctors.

The volunteers of the PMSMA scheme would be expected to visit their designated government-run health facility and provide free health check-ups to pregnant women on the 9^th day of every month.

The obstetricians, radiologists and physicians who wish to volunteer for this programme can register themselves through any of the following modes:

• Toll-free number - Call on 18001801104 to register

• SMS ‘PMSMA <Name> to 5616115

• PMSMA login portal- Register at https://pmsma.nhp.gov.in/pmsma-app/VolunteerController/volunteerRegistration

• Register using the ‘Volunteer Registration’ Section of the PMSMA Mobile Application

Prerequisites to be Followed by Facilities Organising PMSMA

Hospitals and other public health facilities functioning as PM Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan centres should have arrangements for conducting various diagnostic tests as well as requisite staff and medical supplies such as:

• Medical staff: ANM or GNM, BEmOC trained Medical Officer, lab technician, pharmacist, ANM or SN trained in counselling, Sonologist or Radiologist for USG Lab Investigations.
  

• Diagnostic capability: Facility to conduct tests for haemoglobin, urine albumin and sugar, blood sugar (dipstick), malaria, VDRL, HIV etc.
  

• Drugs: Iron and folic acid, paracetamol, chloroquine, folic acid(400mg), Cal(500mg) and VitD3, Albendazole, Methyldopa, Labetalol tablets, antibiotics such as Ampicillin, Metronidazole, Amoxicillin, Trimethoprim & Cotrimoxazole, Dexamethasone injection, Labetalol injection.

Conclusion

The Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan aims to fill the gap created by the absence of health insurance among the rural population, specifically expectant mothers. It makes maternal healthcare a priority by ensuring continuity of care.

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