Right to Sexual and Reproductive Health Education 2016 “If a good doctor is ever assigned to an island the authorities will find one way or another to take that doctor away to a bigger island.”51 Regarding SRH services offered in these centers, a majority of the participants remained unhappy about the quality of the services and facilities available in Maldives. Participants stated that there was a general mistrust towards doctors and their qualification based on highly publicized accidental deaths of pregnant women and babies under their care during the past few years. Participants also expressed feelings of mistrust towards the hospitals, and their general facilities. This issue was mainly raised by the participants from the islands, stating that they do not have easy access to a Gynaecologist or a Paediatrician during child birth. In most cases, pregnant women had to travel to Male’ or, to the capital island of that atoll, if they had a Gynaecologist. Participants complained about the lack of assistance from the General Physicians and nurses at the health centers in giving them information regarding SRH issues. They explained that most were uncooperative or had little knowledge regarding these issues. Due to this it was discussed that families often have, to save a lot of money for travel, rent, medical treatment and the whole child birth process months ahead of the due date. Respondents noted that traveling to other islands or Male’ for such cases is a huge burden especially for those who cannot afford it. Given the higher accommodation costs in the capital city Male’, many stated that it was not something that everyone can do. In those cases, where the family or the women had no means to travel to where facilities were made available, it was explained that they had to give birth in the health centers with the assistance of unskilled nurses and midwives who not only lacked the experience or the 51 Parent FGDs 71 THEMATIC ANALYSIS