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29 September 2016
UNFPA COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVE KLAUS BECK'S SPEECH AT THE 2016 BREASTFEEDING AND FAMILY PLANNING FORUM
Department of Health 2016 Breastfeeding and Family Planning Forum The Pearl Manila Hotel 29 September 2016 Theme: Breastfeeding and Family Planning: Keys to…
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22 August 2016
P33B IN POTENTIAL INCOME LOST DUE TO TEEN PREGNANCY
Some P33 billion in potential lifetime income for teenage girls is lost due to early pregnancy, according to a new study on teen pregnancy. The study funded by UNFPA, the United…
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07 July 2016
INVESTING IN TEENAGE GIRLS KEY TO DEVELOPMENT
The Philippines stands to benefit from its large population of young people but ensuring access to quality education and youth-friendly health services for teenage girls to…
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20 June 2016
Taking Care of Workers’ Welfare Through Family Planning in the Workplace
Penlyn Decena has two children born six years apart. The birth spacing was not purely by choice – she can’t get pregnant too often as she has thin uterine lining that…
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14 May 2016
SHEDDING THE “SIN CITY” IMAGE
Decades of presence of the US naval base in Subic made Olongapo City known as a destination for rest and recreation and, subsequently, contentiously brought in an environment of…
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04 May 2016
Next Leaders Will Define Quality of Life for Youth
National policies that pay attention to youth issues now will define the quality of life that young people of today will have as they enter adulthood and the working age phase of…
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29 April 2016
Pushing the Youth Agenda
In 2014, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, released the State of World Population report, The Power of 1.8 Billion: Adolescents, Youth and the Transformation of the…
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25 April 2016
Family Planning Up, Maternal Deaths Down in IP Project Sites
DAVAO CITY -- UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, reported an increase in family planning use and a decrease in maternal deaths in areas covered by its reproductive…
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22 March 2016
Inspiring Women Long After the Tragedy
Disasters often leave pain and grief to survivors, especially for women who bind families and communities together. But for some, the way to recover is to focus on the…
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