CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS
National Safe Motherhood Day – Observed on Apr 11
- In 2003, the Government of Indiadeclared April 11, the anniversary of Kasturba Gandhi’s birth, as National Safe Motherhood Day.
- The declaration was made at the request of White Ribbon Alliance India (WRAI), an alliance of 1800 organizations.
- The goal of the National Safe Motherhood Program is to reduce maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality and to improve the maternal and neonatal health through preventive and promotive activities as well as by addressing avoidable factors that cause death during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum period.
