Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India launches JANANI Digital Platform

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has launched the JANANI (Journey of Antenatal, Natal and Neonatal Integrated Care) platform. This platform aims to strengthen the maternal and child healthcare services across India. The new platform has been introduced to create the comprehensive digital monitoring system for women during their reproductive years the improve the delivery of healthcare services .

What is JANANI?

JANANI stands for the Journey of Antenatal, Natal and Neonatal Integrated Care.

It is the digital healthcare platform which is developed to maintain and monitor the health records of women and children through different stages of the maternal and child healthcare.

This platform is designed to ensure the seamless tracking of healthcare services from pregnancy to newborn and young child care.

Its main objective is to improve the healthcare accessibility, continuity and monitoring via digital technology.

Key Services Covered Under JANANI

The JANANI platform will covers several stages of the maternal and child healthcare, including the,

• Antenatal care
• Delivery and childbirth services
• Postnatal care
• Newborn care
• Home-based newborn care
• Young child healthcare
• Family planning services

By digitally recording of the healthcare data this platform will reduce the gaps in treatment and improve healthcare follows-up for mothers and infants.

How JANANI Will Help Pregnant Women and Children

This platform is expected to improve the healthcare outcomes by enabling better coordination between the healthcare workers, hospitals and beneficiaries.

Also the digital records will help the doctors and healthcare workers monitor medical history of woman, pregnancy progress and child health in the more organized manner.

The healthcare services often become fragmented when the records are unavailable or incomplete.

JANANI is also aims to create the centralized system so that care can continue smoothly across the different healthcare facilities.

Early Detection of Health Risks

Continuous monitoring can help identify complications during pregnancy or infancy at an early stage, improving treatment outcomes and reducing maternal and infant mortality.

Digital Healthcare Push in India

The launch of the JANANI platform signals the India’s broader focus to expanding the digital healthcare infrastructure under initiatives such as,

• Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
• Digital Health IDs
• e-Health records systems
• Technology-driven public healthcare delivery

Role of Healthcare Workers in JANANI

The frontline healthcare workers such as the,

• ASHA workers
• ANMs (Auxiliary Nurse Midwives)
• Anganwadi workers
• Government hospital staff

will play the major role to implementing and updating records through the JANANI platform.