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which must be established in all the schools. Among the RH related work done
by the CCHDC include providing the RH care information kit to all the Public
Health Units in the country so that these kits can be distributed to all expecting
mothers. Furthermore, they also conduct information sessions, and provide a
‘marriage kit’ (which included bath towels, soaps and condoms) to all newly
marrying couples. The marriage kit was sent to all the courts of Maldives to be
presented to the couples on the day they get married. However, this project
has long been discontinued due to financial difficulties.37
Another major concern noted by the CCHDC is that more focus was being given
to curative measures rather than preventive measures and that the risk on
health and the external costs can be minimized if preventive measures were
given more importance. According to them better measures need to be put in
place to provide RH services to the general public, especially in providing
information to adolescents on SRH as this could prevent a lot of other SRH
related issues present within the society today.
5.2.2 Reproductive Health Center
The Reproductive Health Center in Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH),
the largest government hospital in Maldives, is comprised of an Antenatal
Clinic, Post‐natal Clinic, Family Planning Clinic and a Well Women Clinic.38
Since, the Antenatal clinic is based inside the hospital itself, the clinic have
great difficulties in providing their services and the general public also has
difficulty accessing them.39 From 2005 till 2008 the Reproductive Health Center
used to have an Adolescent Health Clinic, where information about nutrition,
vaccination and STIs were given to youngsters. One of the center’s main tasks
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Information received at Stakeholder Meetings with CCHDC, 2012
Information received from the Ministry of Health, 2015
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Information received at Stakeholder meetings with Reproductive Health Centre (IGMH), 2012
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