MANILA, Philippines – Eleven Filipino mothers die daily due to complications during pregnancy and childbirth, a recent study by an international child welfare organization revealed yesterday.
The State of the Filipino Mothers 2008, released by Save the Children, showed that the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) continues to face alarmingly high maternal mortality rate due to the lack of access to better reproductive health services.
The report, meanwhile, found that 90 percent of all births in the National Capital Region (NCR) are attended by skilled birth attendants compared to 22 percent in the ARMM.
Dr. Stephanie Anne Sison, project director of the Advocacy for Improved Maternal and Child Health and Family Planning (AIM), said the study found that NCR and the ARMM are the “best” and “worst” places, respectively, in the Philippines to become a mother.
In her presentation at the University of the Philippines’ Balay Kalinaw yesterday, Sison said that 92 percent of mothers in the NCR seek pre-natal care from health personnel and 46 percent are using some modern method of family planning.
She said the regions that ranked high for maternal and child health and educational and economic status were the NCR; Central Luzon (Region 3); CALABARZON (Region 4-A); Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR); and Davao (Region 11).- Helen Flores, Philippine Star
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
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