According to the Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan, India is steadfast in its reaffirmation of the commitments made at the Nairobi Summit to work towards ending all maternal deaths, fulfilling unmet needs for family planning, and reducing gender-based violence.
- The timeline for achieving these targets has been stipulated at 2030.
- The minister said that under the National Health Protection Scheme, India is providing health care coverage of USD 7,000 per family per year, effectively covering over 500 million Indians.
What is Nairobi Summit?
In November 2019, the Nairobi Summit, also known as ICPD+25 (International Conference on Population and Development), was held in Nairobi, Kenya, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Cairo conference. The summit committed to achieve following targets:
- To uphold the human rights of all people, including their right to sexual and reproductive health
- Ensure gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls,
- Intensify system-wide efforts to eliminate all preventable maternal and child mortality and morbidities,
- Eradicate gender-based violence against women, girls and youth, and to eliminate the unmet need for family planning
- Support investments in the capabilities of adolescents and youth that uphold their rights
- Support national governments in the full and accelerated implementation of the ICPD agenda, in line with national implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals,
