In this section, a high-level timeline of state-specific policies, programs, and events that affect maternal and newborn health in the lower mortality Exemplar states is provided. These components are framed in the context of the four overarching health policy periods in India over recent decades: the Child Survival and Safe Motherhood period from 1992 to 1997, the Reproductive and Child Health I (RCH-I) period from 1997 to 2005, the Reproductive and Child Health II/National Rural Health Mission (RCH-II/NRHM) period from 2005 to 2012, and the National Health Mission/Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (NHM/RMNCH+A) period from 2012 to 2020, as shown below in Figure 24. More detailed explanations of each policy period can be found in the How did India implement section of the national-level report.
Figure 24: Timeline of key factors influencing maternal and newborn health in India’s lower mortality Exemplar states
