(The Gist of PIB) LaQshya Initiative [JULY-2019]

    (The Gist of PIB) LaQshya Initiative [JULY-2019]

LaQshya Initiative

• Government of India has launched “LaQshya” (Labour room Quality improvement Initiative) to improve quality of care in labour room and maternity operation theatres in public health facilities.
• It’s a multipronged approach focused at Intrapartum and immediate postpartum period.

Aim:

• To reduce preventable maternal and newborn mortality, morbidity and stillbirths associated with the care around delivery in Labour room and Maternity Operation Theatre and ensure respectful maternity care.

Objectives:

• To reduce maternal and newborn mortality & morbidity due to hemorrhage, retained placenta, preterm, preeclampsia and eclampsia, obstructed labour, puerperal sepsis, newborn asphyxia, and newborn sepsis, etc.
• To improve Quality of care during the delivery and immediate post-partum care, stabilization of complications and ensure timely referrals, and enable an effective two-way follow-up system.
• To enhance satisfaction of beneficiaries visiting the health facilities and provide Respectful Maternity Care (RMC) to all pregnant women attending the public health facilities.

Types of healthcare facilities

• Government medical college hospitals.
• District Hospitals & equivalent health facilities.
• Designated FRUs and high case load CHCs with over 100 deliveries/month

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