SUMAN Roadmap 2030

Why in News?

Recently, Health Minister launched the SUMAN Roadmap 2030 at the 16th Conference of the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare (CCHFW).

• It is a strategic framework to strengthen maternal and newborn healthcare across the country.
• Aim – To lower India’s Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) to below 70 per 1 lakh live births by 2030.
• Reduce the Neonatal Mortality Rate (NMR) and the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR).

Key Features

• Framework – Anchored in RMNCHA+N (Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health + Nutrition).
• Life‑cycle Approach – Integrates interventions from pre-pregnancy through pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period.
• Ensures convergence with child health, adolescent health, family planning and nutrition programs.
• High‑risk pregnancy management – Structured interventions across 4-critical stages antenatal, third‑trimester, intrapartum, and postnatal stages.
• Targeted coverage – Focused interventions in 130 districts across 13 high‑focus States (Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, etc.).
• Strengthening Infrastructure – Birth Waiting Homes, Maternal and Child Health Wings, Obstetric high dependency unit (HDUs), ICUs in underserved areas.
• Bi-weekly home visits – An Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA), who is a trained community health worker will visit the pregnant woman's home twice a week.
• Community participation – SUMAN Panchayats, Mothers’ Picnic initiatives, caregiver support during postnatal period community engagement to foster health awareness.
• It encourages positive newborn care practices among local mothers.
• Digital innovation – AI‑enabled labour rooms, JANANI Portal for monitoring, SUMAN Call Centre for grievance redressal.
• Emergency Support – Referral transport incentives, deployment of Non‑Pneumatic Anti‑Shock Garments (NASG) for haemorrhage management.
• Integration – Links with Samagra Shishu Bal Swasthya Karyakram (SSBSK) for home‑based child care up to 36 months.
• Aligns with SDIt aligns India’s efforts with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Reference

PIB | Suman roadmap 2030