Scientific information about reproductive health and sexuality is accessible to young people

(NAME– Amman Net) The phrase “My name is there” started circulating after a twenty-year-old single girl went to one of the comprehensive health centers to get advice on reproductive and sexual health issues advice because she was not married and that her name was not there to get her right to… Health care, which led the young men and women of Masarna to study the issue and organize an advocacy and lobbying campaign, which they called the Healthy Generation Campaign .

Although Jordan is one of the countries that pay attention to reproductive and sexual health issues, the recent demographic survey showed that 25% of Jordanian children are married before they reach the age of 18. Note that health issues reproductive and sexual doing. not only including married people, but according to the National Strategy for Reproductive and Sexual Health For the years (2020-2030), it included the services and the information axis, which achieved by providing integrated sexual and reproductive health services and information. quality for all people. (Individuals) in every department of the Kingdom.

Masarna’s young men and women, as part of the Healthy Generation campaign, investigated the places where young people go to get information about reproductive and sexual health issues. There are not many private clinics due to the financial cost of consultations, and some pharmacists had a problem with the lack of specific information for reproductive and sexual health, especially for young people, who do it harder to get consultations.

The Minister of Health, Dr. Firas Al-Hawari, pointed out that maternity, childhood and family planning services are provided in all centers affiliated to the Ministry, free of charge, by qualified health workers in around 520 centres, which include maternity care services. during pregnancy and postpartum, and childcare up to age five. but there is no special service for young people in these centers.

Nadine Al-Radaida, coordinator of the Our Way Project, implemented by Darabzeen for Human Development with the support of Oxfam, said that the main objective of the Healthy Generation campaign is to introduce the name of young men and women to the Department of Motherhood and Childhood, so that they can receive basic advice and distribution Knowledge and awareness for young people: Your name is in this section and you will receive all consultations related to your health on reproductive health issues and free sex because it is a fundamental right. to health care.

It was said in the Networking and Learning Conference, “We are leading towards the realization of sexual and reproductive health rights and tolerance.” It was imperative to have, provide and provide reproductive and sexual health services in health facilities linked to the public sector in a broad and comprehensive manner, including girls, women, and youth of all age Social roles, young men and women without discrimination, and the inclusion of people with disabilities.

The youth of the Masarna team indicated that there were some challenges faced by decision-makers in taking steps to ensure that they would have access to the services they needed, and one of the reasons was that the financial cost as a result of changing the name in relation to lack. of special medical staff for young people and changing the indicators of the departments in the centers despite the fact that the Senior Council for the population in 2017, by preparing a summary of policies for youth-friendly health services in the area of ​​reproductive and sexual health. The summary highlighted the reality of providing reproductive health services to youth in Jordan Among the most obvious challenges were: the sensitivity of service provision culturally and socially, and there is a weakness in dealing with health issues. Reproductive and sexual issues according to the academic curriculum, and young people usually use information from social networks and friends who had previous experience It was revealed through interviews with some institutions that provide services health that the services and activities available are not dependent on national standards, and these standards are not available at the level of the public sector.

The team of young men and women is still on our way: Hanin Al-Karmi, Hussam Al-Din Al-Ibrahim, Ibrahim Abu Rumman, Marah Al-Abadi, Israa Al-Zoubi, Al-Anoud Al-Abisat, Balqis Al- Abadi, Jinan Shawish, Rawand Al-Dasa, Hashem Al-Samadi, Shadi Al-Ashibat, Bakr Backgrounds, Tala Dars, Ayat Al-Dhamiri, Waad Al-Khatib, Bushra Aqloufi, Bushra Mahadin, Islam Al-Shazly, Akram Kamel Continued we continue with the Healthy Generation campaign so that they spread awareness of the importance of involving young people in reproductive and sexual health issues, giving them full rights, taking the necessary advice, and shedding light on the matter.

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