{"id":2199,"date":"2025-02-06T08:10:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T08:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/?p=2199"},"modified":"2025-02-06T08:10:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T08:10:07","slug":"mandatory-premarital-health-screenings-for-all-marriages-in-kuwait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/2025\/02\/06\/mandatory-premarital-health-screenings-for-all-marriages-in-kuwait\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandatory Premarital Health Screenings for All Marriages in Kuwait"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Health announced that Dr. Ahmad Al-Awadhi, the Minister of Health, has approved revised executive regulations under Law No. 31 of 2008 concerning premarital medical examinations. These updated regulations, which will take effect on April 1 after their publication in the Official Gazette, aim to boost the quality of health services, safeguard public health, and lower the incidence of genetic and infectious diseases.<\/p><p>Key changes include an expanded scope that now covers all marriage contracts in Kuwait regardless of the nationalities involved\u2014be it between two Kuwaitis, a Kuwaiti and a non-Kuwaiti, or two non-Kuwaitis. Additionally, digital applications will be integrated into the process to streamline procedures related to premarital health assessments. These measures underscore Kuwait\u2019s commitment to proactive public health measures and ensuring the well-being of individuals entering into marriage.<\/p><p>o3-mini<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Health announced that Dr. Ahmad Al-Awadhi, the Minister of Health, has approved revised executive regulations under Law No. 31 of 2008 concerning premarital medical examinations. These updated regulations, which will take effect on April 1 after their publication in the Official Gazette, aim to boost the quality of health services, safeguard public [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2199","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kuwait-en"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2201,"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199\/revisions\/2201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}