Ohno, NaokoEl-Saharty, SamehSarker, IntissarSecci, FedericaNagpal, Somil2015-09-112015-09-112014-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22591Maldives, a middle income country, is on track to meet most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), while gender gap requires attention. Maldives has made great progress in improving maternal health and has achieved MDG. The total fertility rate has declined to 2.3 in 2012. Contraceptive use has increased but high unmet need of 28.1 percent is of concern. Skilled birth attendance is high at 95 percent. Access to maternal health services is fairly equitable by residence and wealth quintile, while geographical access to services remains challenging. Also, unwanted pregnancies among young women are on the rise. Maldives has initiated a number of interventions to increase adolescents needs for sexual and reproductive health services, improve quality of RMNCH services, and increase utilization of health services at local level.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICESACCESS TO INFORMATIONACCESS TO RESOURCESACCESS TO SERVICESADOLESCENTADOLESCENT FERTILITYADOLESCENT FRIENDLY HEALTH SERVICESADOLESCENTSANTENATAL CAREBABIESBEHAVIOR CHANGEBLOOD PRESSURECHILD MORTALITYCOMPLICATIONSCONTRACEPTIVE USECONTRACEPTIVESCOUNSELINGDISEASESDRUGSEARLY CHILDBEARINGEQUITY IN ACCESSFAMILY HEALTHFEMALEFEMALESFERTILITYFERTILITY DECLINEFERTILITY RATEFIRST BIRTHFIRST MARRIAGEFRIENDLY HEALTH SERVICESGENDERGENDER GAPGENDER INEQUALITYGENDER PARITYGIRLSGOVERNMENT AGENCIESHEALTH CARE UTILIZATIONHEALTH FACILITIESHEALTH FACILITYHEALTH NEEDSHEALTH STRATEGYHEALTH SYSTEMHIV/AIDSHOSPITALHOSPITALSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCESHUNGERINCOMEISOLATIONLIFE SKILLSLIFE SKILLS EDUCATIONLIVE BIRTHSMALARIAMALE CONDOMSMALE YOUTHMARRIED WOMENMATERNAL DEATHSMATERNAL HEALTHMATERNAL HEALTH CAREMATERNAL HEALTH OUTCOMESMATERNAL HEALTH SERVICESMATERNAL MORTALITYMEDICINESMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMINISTRY OF HEALTHMOTHERSNUTRITIONOPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMENPILLPOSTNATAL CAREPREGNANCYPREGNANCY OUTCOMESPROGRESSRATIO OF WOMENRELIGIOUS LEADERSREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH KNOWLEDGEREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OUTCOMESREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICESRURAL AREASSCHOOLSSEXUAL HEALTHSEXUAL INTERCOURSESEXUALITYSKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCESTERILIZATIONUNEMPLOYMENTUNFPAUNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATIONUNMARRIED MENUNMARRIED WOMENUNWANTED PREGNANCIESWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONYOUNG WOMENYOUTHYOUTH HEALTHBriefWorld Bank10.1596/22591