Reproductive Health

A week before the House of Representatives decides on the fate of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill, members of the minority bloc in the lower chamber are withdrawing sponsorship from the controversial measure while the Catholic Church is calling on its followers to bring the campaign against a proposed birth control measure to the streets.

Legislators sponsoring the RH bill and their foreign-backed supporters including some members of media, are now jumping up and down urging Congress to put said bill into a vote, obviously emboldened by P-Noy’s alleged endorsement of the proposed law in his latest SONA. But did P-Noy really endorse the RH bill or even mentioned it…

MANILA, Philippines – The rising incidence of child labor in the country was not only due to poor enforcement of labor laws but also caused by the failure to enact the Reproductive Health (RH) bill, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman said yesterday.

The rise in the number of children at work could be traced to the absence of a Reproductive Health (RH) law in the Philippines, a senior member of the House of Representatives said on Friday.

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Despite the millions of dollars in foreign aid as well as pesos from the government coffers spent on maternal health in the Philippines during the last decade, why are we seeing a rise in the numbers of mothers dying from giving birth?

MANILA, Philippines—Two senators on opposite sides of the reproductive health debate may have finally found common ground. Senators Miriam Defensor-Santiago and Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada have filed separate bills seeking to curb abortion by putting up a “national program” providing women with what they call “alternatives to abortion.”

Manila, Philippines – Health Secretary Enrique Ona disclosed that the latest survey of the National Statistics Office (NSO) showed an alarming increase in the number of deaths caused by pregnancy or childbirth complications. Based on the 2011 Family Health Survey, maternal mortality rate in the country went up to 221 deaths per 100,000 live births…

MANILA, Philippines – More Filipino mothers are dying during childbirth, underscoring their “unmet need” for modern family planning services, the Department of Health said Monday.

One of the topics reportedly taken up in the last “monumental” one on one meeting between PNoy and US President Obama at the Oval Office was the passage of the RH bill by the Philippine legislature. So its proponents and supporters are once more making a lot of noise about the eventual approval of the…

‘IT’S VAGINA.’ Sen Pia Cayetano explains the importance of sex education and the RH bill on Rappler’s #TalkThursday. MANILA, Philippines – Flower? What flower? Even as a child, Reproductive Health (RH) bill sponsor Sen Pia Cayetano knew her sex education.

Quietly, a draft House Bill is being discussed in a technical working group in the House of Representatives, and is now in its third reading. The bill is titled, “An Act Promoting a Comprehensive Program on Breastfeeding Practices and Regulating the Trade, Marketing and Promotions of Certain foods for Infants and Children.”

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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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

President Benigno Aquino III has signed Proclamation No. 362 declaring the 2010 Census of Population and Housing as official. As released by the National Statistics Office (NSO), the country’s population is now 92,337,852. The count was based on the NSO census conducted from May to June 2010 which shows that the population increased by 15.83…

MANILA (Updated) — Fifteen million people have been added to the country’s population over the last 10 years, with the National Statistics Office (NSO) recording more than 92 million people as of May 1, 2010.

A prominent lawyer has hit the recent statement of the International Planned Parenthood Federation that practically seeks to give the youth a right to reproductive health services.

The Philippine population as of 2010 has reached 92.34 million, higher by 15.83 million than the 76.51 million in 2000, the National Statistics Office (NSO) has reported.

MANILA, Philippines – Student leaders from the country’s top colleges and universities have joined various calls for Congress to pass the Reproductive Health bill.

MANILA, 15 March 2012 (IRIN) – Lack of services and information about adolescent reproductive health are fuelling the rise of teen pregnancies and hurting child survival rates, according to health experts.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) yesterday expressed alarm over reports that 50 women died from “maternal complications” in Metro Manila alone last month.

PARIS: A long-term fall in the global abortion rate has tapered off and the number of unsafe pregnancy terminations is rising worryingly, according to a report published by The Lancet on Thursday. Between 1995 and 2003, the number of abortions around the world for every 1,000 women aged between 15 and 44 fell from 35…