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PH needs to ‘accelerate’ maternal health progress
May 19, 2012
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is making progress in maternal health but needs to accelerate improvements, said the executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) who is in the Philippines to meet with government officials, including President Benigno Aquino III. Read the rest of this entry »
$28.5M raised for PHL reproductive and maternal health goals–UNFPA
May 18, 2012
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Friday disclosed that its Philippine office raised $28.5 million in the year to date, and that the money will be used to promote reproductive and maternal health, one of the country’s Millennium Development Goals. Read the rest of this entry »
Teenage pregnancy in PHL highest among 6 major ASEAN economies—UNFPA
April 27, 2012
With a 70-percent rise noted in a span of 10 years from 1999 to 2009, the Philippines has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) official said. Read the rest of this entry »
Rise in PH teen pregnancy alarming – NYC
April 27, 2012
MANILA, Philippines – The National Youth Commission (NYC) on Friday expressed alarm over the rise in teenage pregnancies in the Philippines that was disclosed in a report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Read the rest of this entry »
Saving moms from dying in childbirth
April 27, 2012
Here’s the good news: The Philippines’ maternal mortality ratio (MMR), which refers to the number of women dying during pregnancy or in the first six weeks after delivery, has declined from an estimated 209 per 100,000 live births in 1987-1993 to an estimated 162 per 100,000 today. Read the rest of this entry »
Youth commission: Teen pregnancy rate shows need for reproductive health program
April 27, 2012
The National Youth Commission (NYC) stresses the need for a reproductive health program over an alarming UN report that pregnancy is most common among young women in the Philippines. Read the rest of this entry »
WB: Phl a model for cash transfer
April 21, 2012
WASHINGTON – The World Bank (WB) has tagged the Philippines as a model in providing a social safety net that cushions the impact of global financial and economic problems. Read the rest of this entry »
WHO, UN body say Phl needs RH law
April 21, 2012
MANILA, Philippines – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) cited yesterday the need for the Philippines to have a law on reproductive health (RH) to institutionalize policies and programs on maternal and child health. Read the rest of this entry »
Solving country’s high population growth
April 19, 2012
Statistical projections tell RP will have 103-million people in 2015 and in 40 years we will be 180 million – almost double in less than half a century. Read the rest of this entry »
