Right to Sexual and Reproductive Health Education 2016
get married. Four modules are taught in the programme, namely; the legal
procedures, social aspects of married life, health issues which includes
information on reproductive and sexual health, STDs, personal hygiene and
many other related problems, and includes a chapter on the religious
perspective of marriage. Both partners are given a certificate of participation
after the course and this certificate must be provided with the formal marriage
registration form. No changes were made to the modules of the sessions even
though the hours allocated for the sessions has been minimized to a two‐hour
session from a one‐day program in 2015.
6. New Developments since 2012
The Health Ministry has brought various changes and done numerous work to
improve the quality and standard of health services and public health and the
State continues to recognize that SRH is a vital component of general health.
During the validation meetings with MoE in 2015 it was identified that during
their training, all family health workers, community health workers and nurses
are trained for reproductive health services. Furthermore, numerous
awareness programmes has been conducted on TV and radio regarding SRH
issues. HPA has also conducted a sensitization programme on RH for
counselors, and have prepared a training manual with which they can conduct
more training programmes. In affiliation with UNFPA, they have also
conducted a training program with relevant stakeholders regarding the
importance of creating awareness about SRH from a religious perspective.
Apart from this, they were working on drafting the National Reproductive
Health Strategy 2014‐2018 and this draft strategy has been endorsed in 2014.
Additionally, under the UNFPA funds, HPA is conducting a Demographic Health
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