Haryana becomes first state to launch High-Risk Pregnancy portal

Haryana has achieved the distinction of becoming the first state in the country to launch High Risk Pregnancy (HRP) Portal. The Union ministry of health and family welfare and Niti Ayog have acknowledged the portal as a good practice to be implemented.

About the HRP portal :

• This innovative web application has been designed to track every high risk pregnant woman till 42 days after delivery.
• The women will receives adequate treatment during the ante-natal period for healthy outcome of pregnancy.
• This portal not only helps in early identification of high-risk pregnant cases up to the grass-roots level but also ensures their timely referral to the civil hospitals for further management and delivery by specialists.

Background :

• The High Risk Pregnancy Policy has been implemented across the state since November, 2017, for identifying 100 per cent name-based high-risk pregnancy cases, and ensuring their delivery by specialists at civil hospitals.
• This initiative is aimed at increasing the pace of decline in Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR), Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) and Still Birth Incidence as morbidity and mortality is quite high in high risk pregnant cases.

Birth companion strategy :

• Haryana is also implementing birth companion strategy under which one female attendant would be allowed during delivery in the labour room.
• The presence of a female birth companion during delivery is a step towards improving the quality of care in labour rooms for improving the maternal and neo-natal outcome and for respectful maternity care.

By: Harman Sandhu