New initiatives to improve maternal and newborn health include Lashyauality Improvement Initiative to reduce preventable maternal and newborn mortality, morbidity and still births associated with care around delivery, Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan to provide quality antenatal care to pregnant women on the 9th of every month
लक्ष्य-दर्जा सुधार कार्यक्रम (LaQshya-Quality Improvement) सारख्या योजनांमुळे माता, नवजात बालकांच्या मृत्यू दरात घट झाली आहे. प्रधानमंत्री सुरक्षित मातृत्व योजनेंतर्गत गरोदर महिलांची नवव्या महिन्यापर्यंत आरोग्य देखभाल केली जाते.