In Kalmykia, the number of large families increases

For 9 months of this year, an increase in the number of large families was recorded in the republic. The increase in the birth rate of third and subsequent children accounted for 44.6% of all births.

Support measures for families with three or more children play an important role in this. Improving the quality of care for pregnant women.

Under the program of state guarantees of free medical care for citizens on the basis of the perinatal center of Kalmykia named after O.A. Shungaeva, women at risk of chromosomal abnormalities (according to screening of the first trimester) can undergo non-invasive prenatal testing of fetal DNA for free. Previously, it was necessary to travel to other regions for examination.