National Safe Motherhood Day: April 11
- India observes National Safe Motherhood Day (NSMD) annually on April 11 to discuss the problems associated with a mother’s health and focus on the priorities to ensure that every woman has the right to live and has a safe motherhood, eliminating the pre and post pregnancy risks.
- India is the first country in the world to officially declare National Safe Motherhood Day
- The 2019 theme of NSMD is “Midwives for Mothers”.
- The day also marks the birth anniversary of Kasturba Gandhi, the wife of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.