Sexual and reproductive health care services for students

1. DIU Medical Center sexual and reproductive health-care services

DIU Medical Center provides sexual and reproductive health-care services including information and education services. The center has full time doctors (both male and female) to provide necessary sexual and reproductive health-care services of both male and female students and employees. The local residents also get sexual and reproductive health-care services on some programme basis.

Medical doctors and nurses 24/7

Link: https://daffodilvarsity.edu.bd/medical/diu-medical-center
List of Medical Staff: https://daffodilvarsity.edu.bd/medical/medical-personnel

2. Collaboration with Government on Premarital Sextual Behavior and associated risk on reproductive health Research

Dr. Md. Kamrul Hossain, Associate Professor of DIU, as a consultant, collaborated with the Planning Commission under the Ministry of Planning, Government People's Republic of Bangladesh in research on premarital sexual behavior and associated risk on reproductive health. He also delivered a presentation on the perception of female students of universities on premarital sexual behavior and associated risks on reproductive health at the Social Science Research Council of the Planning Commission highlighting the findings and recommendations of the research project. The findings of the research project will pave the way for reducing the risk associated with premarital sex and reproductive health of females.

3. Program on Sexual Health offered by Public Health Department of DIU: Course code: MPH-5145

Link: https://daffodilvarsity.edu.bd/department/ph/program/23/2/graduate

4. Collaboration with KIT Royal Tropical Institute, Netherlands on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)

A seminar on the “Resilience through Information on SRHR & Empowerment (RISE) Programme" was held in the Daffodil Smart City, Ashulia on 09 November 2022 in collaboration with KIT Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Anke Van Der Kwaak, Team leader on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, KIT Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam and Ophelia Chatterjee, SRHR Expert, KIT Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands conducted a session on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. The students of different departments of DIU had an opportunity to interact with the SRHR experts and learnt a lot on Sexual and Reproductive Health care services.