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Government of India
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
07-August-2015 15:06 IST
Government of India
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
07-August-2015 15:06 IST
India Newborn Action Plan (INAP):
Preventing Newborn Deaths and Stillbirths
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The
India Newborn Action Plan (INAP) was launched in September 2014 with the aim of
ending preventable newborn deaths and stillbirths by 2030.
· INAP
has set the goals for neonatal mortality and stillbirths. The goal is to attain
Single Digit Neonatal Mortality and Stillbirth Rates by 2030.
· INAP
is to be implemented within the existing Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child
and Adolescent health (RMNCH+A) framework of the National Health Mission (NHM).
· Six
pillars of intervention packages impacting stillbirths and newborn health have
been identified, which include:
o Preconception and antenatal
care
o Care during labour and
child birth
o Immediate newborn care
o Care of healthy newborn
o Care of small and sick
newborn
o Care beyond newborn
survival
· For
effective implementation, a systematic plan for monitoring and evaluation has
been developed with a list of dashboard indicators.
INAP
is now serving as a framework for the States to develop state-specific action
plans and it is expected that these interventions would have an impact in
reducing newborn mortality in the country.
Birth
Defect surveillance has been started recently in 37 Medical Colleges across the
country. This aims to build and strengthen surveillance capacity and expand the
availability of standardized and accurate data on congenital anomalies.
INAP
has been disseminated at the national and regional levels in order to
facilitate the States to formulate their own need-based plans. As a result, the
States are now in the process of developing their State-specific Newborn Action
Plans.
The Health Minister, Shri J P Nadda
stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today.
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