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is providing vaccination for school age children in collaboration with MOE and
the schools. The Reproductive Health Center had also conducted information
sessions upon requests from the schools and most of the requests were
usually on information regarding health related issues faced by girls.
Nevertheless, one of the main challenges noted by the Reproductive Health
Center in providing these information sessions was the difficulty in attaining
enough participants, mostly children and youngsters to participate in their
information sessions.
Expecting mothers are encouraged to register at the Antenatal Clinic where
they are given information regarding the various information sessions
conducted by the clinic. Some of the services provided by the clinic currently
include providing information sessions on RH, childbirth, newborn care, etc.
Apart from this, they also provide all the registered couples with a RH care
information kit which consists of leaflets based on different topics of RH. Some
of the topics included in the leaflets are; preparing for pregnancy, healthy
eating, health problems, issues and problems related to pregnancy, childbirth,
breastfeeding, caring for a newborn, becoming a father, etc. The information
kit is available for all those who are registered at the clinic and for those who
request for it. However, it was gathered from the FGDs that very few
individuals knew that this information was available and accessible to them.
5.3 Family Court of Maldives
The Family Court of the Maldives conducts a one‐day pre‐marriage counseling
session for all couples who are registering to get married. It was previously
conducted in collaboration with the Ministry of Youth, however all the
expenses were financed from the Family Court. The course is currently
conducted by the Family Court and is a compulsory session for all the couples.
Couples are to register for the course and complete the sessions before they
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