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National Safe Motherhood Day - April 11

April 13 , 2021 1321 days 932 0
  • National Safe Motherhood Day is an initiative of the White Ribbon Alliance India (WRAI).
  • It is to enforce that women must have availability and adequate access to care during pregnancy childbirth and postnatal services.
  • The day also marks the birth anniversary of Kasturba Gandhi.
  • Kasturba Gandhi is the wife of the father of Nation Mohan Das Karam Chand Gandhi.
  • At the request of WRAI, an alliance of 1800 organizations, in 2003, the Government of India declared April 11th as National Safe Motherhood Day.
  • India is the 1st country in the world to have socially declared a National Safe Motherhood Day.

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