11 April: National Safe Motherhood Day

National Safe Motherhood Day is observed every year on April 11.
It is aimed at raising awareness about the care that a pregnant woman needs before, during, and after childbirth.
National Safe Motherhood Day also aims to help achieve the third Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), wherein countries have united to achieve a new target to accelerate the decline of maternal mortality by 2030.
The target of this SDG is to reduce the global MMR to less than 70 per 100,000 births.
India's maternal mortality ratio (MMR) has improved to 103 in 2017-19, from 113 in 2016-18. This is according to the special bulletin on MMR released by the Registrar General of India March 14, 2022.

Major Initiatives by the Govt.

To ensure safe motherhood for women, there have been many national initiatives started by the government. They include:
Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA)
Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakaram (JSSK)