World Health Day 2025: Gujarat became the national pioneer of maternal and child health in the theme “Healthy Start, Future Future”
Gujarat is the only state in the country, which provides digital health cards to school children; So far 1.15 crore cards have been issued.
Considering the magic of the Gujarat government headed by Chief Minister Bhubhendra Patel, Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s “Healthy India, Rich India” has confirmed that every mother receives quality health services from the beginning of life, which is the theme “Healthy Start, Trust Future”.
This theme of World Health Day 2025 focuses on maternal and newborn health, which aims to improve women’s rights and increase investment in mother and child health services. In this direction, the Gujarat government has made many innovative and influential efforts, which is one of the leading states of the country in the maternal and child health industry.
Maternity secure with a significant reduction of 50% of maternal mortality rate
The Gujarat government has significantly reduced the death of maternal death by focusing on maternal health development. The death of the mother of Gujarat (MMRR) It was 112 in 2011-13, which was reduced to 57 according to data released by 2020. We will tell you that every year in Gujarat, more than 14 lakh pregnant women are provided with quality testing, vaccination and nutritional services. To strengthen maternal and child health services, Gujarat has established 121 recommendations units (Frus), 153 blood storage units and 20 maternal ICUs, so that it can ensure timely and safe treatment in emergency. As a result, the government has reached 99.97% of the company distribution rate, which is an example nationally.
Positive impact on HBNC, HBYC and SNCU projects
According to the Standard Development Goals (SDG), the state government is working towards the goal of bringing child death to a digit by 2030. As a result of these initiatives, the baby mortality rate in Gujarat (IMR) in 2005 declined from 54 to 23 in 2020, which shows a significant decline of 57.40%. Important initiatives such as Home-Bete Newborn Care (HPNC) and home bed young child care (HPPC) played an important role behind this achievement. In addition, with campaigns such as sans and stop diarrhea, Gujarat’s 58 newborn maintenance units (SNCU), 138 new birth confirmation units (NPSU) and 1,083 newborn maintenance corners (NPCC) have contributed significantly in achieving this goal.
SH-RBSK and “Breaking The Silence” Campaign
Under Gujarat’s main project SH-RPSK (School Health and National Child Health Scheme), 1.61 crore children are investigated by 992 mobile health groups and 28 district preliminary intervention centers every year. As of January 2025, under this initiative, 206 kidneys, 37 liver and 211 bone marrow transplantation has been successfully conducted. In addition, 20,981 children are related to kidneys, 11,215 cancer, and 1,67,379 children are given free treatment for cardiovascular diseases. These campaigns change the health of the child and restore confidence.
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Similarly, under the SH-RBSK, the Gujarat government’s “breaking silence” campaign provides free Cocilery implant surgery for children suffering from severe hearing loss. So far, the ability to listen to 3,260 children has been brought back through this campaign, which has been made possible by the state government with 8 228 crore support. In February 2025, two valuable gold scotch awards were awarded to Gujarat’s health sector to excel in the child health sector.
Gujarat leads digital revolution in the field of child health
Significantly, Gujarat is the country’s first state to publish a digital health card report for schoolchildren. So far, more than 1.15 crore digital health cards have been issued. These digital health cards securely accumulate complete information related to each student’s health test and treatment, ensuring that the health of the children is continuous and overall. Gujarat, which has strengthened its leading role in the child health sector, is the first in the section of the large states in the large states, identifying congenital disorders and their effective management between 2019 and 2023.
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