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Reproductive Health
 
The Primary Health care Department at the Ministry of Public Health in collaboration with UNFPA provides health care services related to reproductive health through its National Network of Primary Health Care (PHC) centers across Lebanon. The health care services included under Reproductive Health activities are the following:
 
1. Family Planning Methods
2. Safe Motherhood
3. Diagnostic & Preventive Check-ups
4. Screening for Reproductive Health tract cancers 
 
I. Antenatal & Postnatal Care Services
 The Reproductive Health program offered by the Primary Health Care Department at the Ministry of Public Health offers Antenatal and Postnatal Healthcare services for pregnant Lebanese and Non-Lebanese women across Lebanon. These services were initiated by the formulation of ‘’Service Delivery Guidelines’’, which was followed by consecutive training for staff of Primary Health Care (PHC) centers across Lebanon on implementation. These guidelines have been recently updated and an endorsement meeting will be held to gain consensus for updated guidelines, which will then be followed by trainings of health care providers from PHC centers across Lebanon.  
 
The antenatal and postnatal services offered by the PHC centers to its beneficiaries consist of the following; all pregnant women are qualified to
1. 4 visits during pregnancy
2. 2 Ecography during pregnancy 
3. 1 postnatal visit
4. Coverage of vaccination for the newborn infants of followed up mothers (according to the National Vaccination Calendar)
5. Provision of Reproductive Health drugs and supplies to all PHC centers, in addition to 64 Reproductive Health dispensaries supported by International NGOs to serve the displaced Syrians.

 
 
II. Launching of  ’Updated clinical guidelines for reproductive health practices’
The Ministry of Public health with the collaboration United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Lebanese Society for Obstetrics and Gynecologists (LSOG) launched the ‘’Updated clinical guidelines for reproductive health practices’’. The launching included an opening word from LSOG president Dr. Wadih Ghanmi, and Mrs Asma Kordahi from UNFPA and Director General of MoPH Dr. Walid Ammar, with a final presentation of the components of the clinical guidelines with explained by Dr. Faisal ElKak. These guidelines aim at improving the knowledge and practices of healthcare providers to ensure that the best service is presented for men, women and youth of Lebanon. 
 
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