Manyata

Manyata, a first-of-its-kind initiative in the private maternal healthcare sector in India, has been a game-changer in terms of setting a certification benchmark and evidence based frameworks for providing high quality-care to mothers since 2013. It focuses on skilling providers, building stronger teams, and enhancing facilities’ efficiency by ensuring adherence to WHO standards of quality clinical care. As a national-level quality improvement and certification programme, Manyata envisions that each woman in India receives consistent, safe, and respectful care during and after childbirth. This aligns with the Government of India’s commitment to universalising quality healthcare, for which private sector improvements are indispensable. 

Manyata also partnered with the Public Health Department, Government of Maharashtra to launch LaQshya-Manyata, which now runs as a successful public-private partnership providing quality maternal care in the remotest corners in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

The program has also collaborated with the likes of National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare (NABH) and Health Sector Skill Council (HSSC) to train health workers and allied staff. 

The association with UNICEF-led MaNTra-App will enable digitisation of Manyata enrolled labour rooms to gather data on critical quality indicators of private providers in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

The program has directly benefited more than 550,000 women, and subsequently their families, along with training over 13,000 healthcare workers. It is currently active in 23 states/UTs of India, with over 2,000 certified private hospitals providing maternity services. The program aims to certify an additional 1,000 private health facilities within a few priority cities to deepen its impact.

A study by Ariadne Labs (affiliated to Harvard University), found significant improvements in adherence to clinical quality standards in Manyata enrolled facilities in comparison to baseline.