Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched the JANANI digital platform to improve maternal and child healthcare monitoring through integrated digital health records and continuous healthcare tracking.

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• Ministry of Health and Family Welfare introduced the JANANI digital platform to strengthen maternal and child healthcare services across healthcare institutions nationwide.
• JANANI stands for Journey of Antenatal, Natal and Neonatal Integrated Care and focuses on digital monitoring of women’s reproductive and child healthcare services.
• The platform digitally tracks antenatal care, childbirth services, postnatal healthcare, newborn monitoring, young child care, and family planning services through integrated health records.
• JANANI aims to improve healthcare continuity by creating a centralized system that allows doctors and healthcare workers to access organised patient health histories efficiently.
• The digital healthcare platform is expected to support early identification of pregnancy complications and infant health risks through continuous medical monitoring and record management.
• Frontline healthcare personnel including ASHA workers, Auxiliary Nurse Midwives, Anganwadi workers, and government hospital staff will manage and update healthcare data on JANANI.
• The initiative aligns with India’s broader digital healthcare expansion under programmes including the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission and electronic health record infrastructure development.
• Officials stated that JANANI will help reduce treatment gaps, improve healthcare accessibility, and strengthen maternal and infant healthcare outcomes through technology-driven service delivery.