Emerging leader in implementing the Government of India’s flagship Swasth Naari, Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan launched by the Prime Minister on 17 September 2025, Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMC) has conducted more than 60 Health camps and approximately  30000 women have been benefitted from this campaign through  service hospitals as on September 23, 2025.. Various Medical Camps are being organised extending Specialist Health Check-ups, screening for non-communicable diseases such as Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, Breast, Cervical and Oral Cancers. Due emphasis is being laid down on Maternal & Child Health Care including Antenatal Care, nutrition counselling and immunisation.

Other health initiatives include awareness drives on menstrual hygiene, sessions on adolescent health and Nutrition for school children in conjunction with various Service Headquarters and administrative authorities. Blood Donation Camps and awareness drives on organ and blood donation is an integral part of this campaign. This unique convergence of civilian and defence healthcare systems underlines the government’s vision of a healthy woman as the cornerstone of a healthy, empowered family and a resilient nation.

The Government of India’s flagship is making waves nationwide as a model of integrated women’s and family health outreach. The AFMS contribution to women’s health—both within the Services and outreach to the community—forms a vital pillar of Viksit Bharat 2047, symbolizing synergy between military medicine and national health priorities..

The Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS), committed to its moto “Sarve Santu Niramaya”, is actively supporting this Abhiyaan emerging as a vital contributor to the program’s robust footprint. Service hospitals under the AFMS have been at the forefront of mobilizing teams of doctors, nurses, and specialists to implement the campaign’s preventive, promotive, and curative services not only among the military personnel and their families but also for the civilian community in far flung areas of Jammu and Kashmir and North East in line with the “Whole of Nation” approach.”.

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