Kilkari - a new mobile health initiative in health sector

Q.  What is Kilkari?
- Published on 18 Jan 16

a. An embroidery technique
b. Scheme regarding child birth and child care
c. A tribe in Central India
d. A delicacy from South India

ANSWER: Scheme regarding child birth and child care
 
Kilkari, which means ‘a baby’s gurgle’, delivers free, weekly, time-appropriate 72 audio messages about pregnancy, child birth and child care directly to families’ mobile phones from the second trimester of pregnancy until the child is one year old. Kilakri is being launched in Jharkhand, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and High Priority Districts (HPDs) of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in the first phase.

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