The National Safe Motherhood Day (NSMD) is celebrated every year on April 11 to create awareness on proper healthcare and maternity facilities to pregnant and lactating women.
The theme of 2018 NSMD was ‘Respectful Maternity Care’.
The NSMD is an initiative of White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood, India (WRAI)
It aims to ensure that every woman have access to services childbirth services during pregnancy and postnatal services.
At request of WRAI, the Central Government in 2003 had instituted this day on the occasion of birth anniversary of Kasturba Gandhi, wife of MK Gandhi.
India is first country in the world to celebrate National Safe Motherhood Day.