ICDS news imother and child protection card introduced

Health and Family
Welfare Mother and Child
Protection Cards
The Mother and Child
Protection Card (MCP
Card) has been
introduced through a
collaborative effort of
the Ministry of
Women and Child
Development and the
Ministry of Health &
Family Welfare,
Government of India
The MCP card is a
tool for informing and
educating the mother
and family on
different aspects of
maternal and child
care and linking
maternal and
childcare into a
continuum of care
through the
Integrated Child
Development Services
(ICDS) scheme of
Ministry of Women
and Child
Development and the
National Rural Health
Mission(NRHM) of the
Ministry of Health &
Family Welfare
(MoHFW).
The card also captures
some of key services
delivered to the
mother & baby during
Antenatal, Intranatal
& Post natal care for
ensuring that the
minimum package of
services are delivered
to the beneficiary.
MCP card has a