JANANI Platform

News:  Recently, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched the JANANI Platform to strengthen maternal and child healthcare at the National Summit on Innovation and Inclusivity – Best Practices Shaping India’s Health Future.

About JANANI Platform

• JANANI is a service-oriented digital platform designed to comprehensively monitor and maintain digital health records of women during their reproductive age.
• Launched by: It has been launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. 
• It has been developed as an upgraded version of the existing RCH portal.
• Aim: The platform aims to ensure seamless tracking of maternal and child health services, covering antenatal care, delivery preparedness, delivery, postnatal care, newborn care, home-based newborn and young child care, and family planning.
• It strengthens service delivery and ensures continuity of care at every stage by enabling continuous monitoring and timely interventions.
• Features: 
  • Introduction of QR-enabled digital Mother and Child Health (MCH) Cards: This enables portability and easy access to health records.
  • Automated alerts: It also incorporates automated alerts for high-risk pregnancies, real-time dashboards for supervisory review, and due-list generation, enabling timely tracking, monitoring, and targeted interventions.
  • Strong interoperability features: It is designed with strong interoperability features, enabling integration with national platforms such as U-WIN and POSHAN.
    • This is to facilitate seamless data exchange, improved coordination across programmes, and comprehensive monitoring of beneficiaries across sectors.
  • Registration of beneficiaries: The platform enables registration of beneficiaries using unique identifiers such as ABHA, Aadhaar (OTP and biometric), and mobile number, along with pan-India search functionality.
    • This ensures continuity of care for migratory populations and prevents duplication of records.
    • It also provides self-registration facilities through web and mobile platforms, empowering beneficiaries to actively engage with their healthcare journey.
  • Timely Healthcare Support: It supports citizens by enabling the timely scheduling and monitoring of antenatal care visits and immunisations, along with alerts and reminders to ensure that no critical health milestone is missed.
  • Access to Digital Health Services: It provides access to digital MCH cards, information on nearby healthcare facilities, expected place of delivery, and supports informed decision-making through health education and nutritional guidance.
• Coverage: Till date, JANANI has achieved
  • 1.34 crore beneficiary registrations
  • Over 30 lakh pregnant women registered
  • More than 30 lakh MCH cards generated
  • Over 1 lakh biometric verifications.

About Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) Portal Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) Portal is designed for early identification and tracking of the individual beneficiary throughout the reproductive lifecycle of women. Launched by: It has been launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.  Aim: To strengthen the monitoring of RCH indicators – Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) and Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) through name-based tracking of health services delivered to eligible couples, pregnant women & children. It helps in ensuring the timely delivery of antenatal and postnatal services to mothers and the immunisation of children. It also promotes, monitors, and supports the reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) schemes/programme delivery and reporting.