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 39 AVAILABLE SERVICES FROM THE GOVERNMENT ENTITIES

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