This new Postgraduate Diploma in Sexual and Reproductive Health (PGDSRH) is designed to build capacities of health professionals with essential knowledge and skills in sexual and reproductive health (SRH), analyze the burden of ill health due to poor SRH outcomes, assess the epidemiological data to measure the magnitude of SRH problems, rationalize the social determinants, evaluate the various interventions, explore evidence-based innovations, and develop the principles of effective programming to improve SRH outcomes. 
Statistics show that the Pacific Island Countries (PIC) made progress towards achieving SRH goals within the Millennium Development Goals (2000-2015), followed by the Sustainable Development Goals (2016-2030) framework, but the extent of progress has varied greatly between countries and within countries. 
The major SRH issues contributing to heavy disease burden in Fiji and the Pacific include complications during pregnancy and deliver, stillbirths, premature births, low family planning practice and high levels of unmet needs for contraception, sexually-transmitted infections, HIV, reproductive tract cancers, gender-based violence and the need to protect the reproductive health of women and adolescents.
External and internal reviews by FNU and UNFPA in 2015 of the now shelved 3-month Certificate in Reproductive Health Management Training Programme (RHMTP), which was funded by UNFPA, recommended to develop postgraduate programmes at diploma and master level for long-term benefits and sustainable health workforce development. The development of this new programme represents FNU’s response to the demands for formal training in SRH from PIC, as per findings of the regional market survey on health professional training in this area. 
This document describes the PGDSRH programme to be delivered by the School of Public Health and Primary Care (SPHPC) in the College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences (CMNHS). 
Engaging in SRH partnerships is an opportunity for FNU to expand its professional network and to strengthen its linkages with other development partners. The regional countries are already working in collaboration with UN agencies and other regional and international bodies to advance the SRH agenda.
Overall, the new programme applies a holistic approach to SRH through a formal training package, allowing students attain core competencies and skills to gain a deeper understanding of the subject and to address SRH from both a clinical and public health perspective. The courses will meet the needs of health professionals who aspire to become supervisors, managers and coordinators of SRH programmes at different levels of service delivery. 

1.	Bachelor’s degree in any basic sciences, or social sciences; OR
2.	Entry via recognition of prior learning may be awarded to applicants who have demonstrated ability to undertake similar level programs or who is deemed to have acquired the relevant skills and knowledge through appropriate high levels of work or professional experience for 5 years as per UASR 2017 Part III 4.15.3.1 in page 28.