A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF NATIONAL MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH PROGRAMMES IN INDIA

Child health programs in India have played a crucial role in improving infant, child, and maternal mortality rates. Ensuring child health through programs has thus gained momentum in India. The present paper aims at discussing in detail all prominent programs in India, including those for mother and child health, communicable & non-communicable diseases, nutrition deficiency, and reproductive health. Various prominent programs, including MCI or Maternal & Child Health Program, Integrated Child Development Services, Child Survival & Safe Motherhood Program, Reproductive & Child Health Program, have programs in their agendas which emphasize improving antenatal care, delivery care, neonatal care, & adolescent health. Other programs, including Universal Immunization Program, National Vector Borne Disease Control Program, & Mid Day Meal Scheme, have played a significant role in improving child health. The present paper focuses on how these programs, working in collaboration, have played a significant role in improving child health. Therefore, it can thus be assumed that increased child health programs working in collaboration have played a crucial role in improving child health.