Swasth Nari Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan (2025)
Context:
Conducted from 17th September – 2nd October 2025.
Joint initiative of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) and the Ministry of Women & Child Development (MoWCD).
Concluded with 18 lakh+ health camps across India, marking the largest-ever health outreach for women and children in the country.
Aligned with the vision of Swasth Nari, Sashakt Parivar, Viksit Bharat @2047.
Scale and Reach
18,08,071 health camps held nationwide.
9.85 crore citizens participated.
6.5 crore+ women benefitted.
Conducted at Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, CHCs, District Hospitals, AIIMS, INIs, tertiary hospitals, and private institutions.
2.68 Lakh Ni-kshay Mitras Registered
Significance
Women-Centric Health Drive: Largest focused outreach on women’s health in India’s history.
Preventive + Promotive + Curative Approach: From screening and immunisation to counselling and treatment linkages.
Strengthens Universal Health Coverage (UHC): Aligned with Ayushman Bharat and SDG 3 (Good Health and Wellbeing).
Community Mobilisation: Emphasis on healthy lifestyles, menstrual hygiene, mental health, obesity prevention, and voluntary blood donation.
The Swasth Nari Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan strengthened screening, early detection, and treatment linkages for non-communicable diseases, anaemia, tuberculosis, and sickle cell disease, while also promoting maternal, child, and adolescent health through antenatal care, immunisation, nutrition, menstrual hygiene, lifestyle and mental health awareness activities.
At the same time, the campaign mobilised communities towards healthy lifestyle practices with a special emphasis on obesity prevention, improved nutrition, and voluntary blood donation.
Alignment with Policy & Vision
National Health Mission (NHM) – strengthening primary and preventive healthcare.
Ayushman Bharat – PM-JAY – ensuring financial protection through health insurance.
Poshan Abhiyaan & Anaemia Mukt Bharat – tackling malnutrition and anaemia.
India @2047 – healthier women as foundation of empowered families and prosperous nation.
Practice Question for UPSC / State pcs
Prelims MCQ
Q. The Swasth Nari Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan (2025) was jointly led by:
a) Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and Ministry of Education
b) Ministry of Women & Child Development and Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
c) Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
d) Ministry of Ayush and Ministry of Women & Child Development
(Answer: b)