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01 January 2016
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Towards Universal Access for Reproductive Health in the Philippines
By Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, UNFPA Executive Director A new law that went into force on January 16 in the Philippines requires the government to meet the unmet need…
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01 January 2016
Manila Standard: Family Planning Backers Threaten to Block Other Bills
The 132 authors of the Reproductive Health bill have promised to block the passage of tax measures and Constitutional Convention bills being rushed by the House leadership in the…
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01 January 2016
Press Release
UNFPA Announces Master Plan to Protect Women and Girls in the Aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan
Two weeks after Typhoon Haiyan caused unprecedented devastation in the Philippines, over 3.2 million women and girls of child-bearing age are still in need of urgent care and…
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01 January 2016
UN REPORTS STEADY PROGRESS IN SAVING MOTHERS’ LIVES
GENEVA / NEW YORK | 6 May 2014 – New United Nations* data show a 45% reduction in maternal deaths since 1990. An estimated 289 000 women died in 2013 due to…
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01 January 2016
HEALTH CENTERS DAMAGED, VILLAGES NOT RECEIVING ANY HELP
Typhoon Bopha/Pablo Situation Report (12 December 2012): Health centers damaged, villages not receiving any help UNFPA has conducted assessments in the typhoon Bopha (Pablo)…
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01 January 2016
A New Life Begins as Town Reels from Disaster
“It helped a lot that I learned from the health information sessions, especially because it was my first pregnancy. I didn’t have second thoughts delivering in a…
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01 January 2016
Inquirer: Popcom Official Urges Aquino to Act on RH Program
TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Philippines -- A Commission on Population (Popcom) official in Eastern Visayas expressed hope that the reproductive health program would be given more…
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01 January 2016
Philippine Information Agency: Problem on Pinoy Sexuality, Not with RH Bill, Says Priest
Tagbilaran City -- "THE problem is not with reproductive health bill but with our sexuality." Thus says Fr. Precy Bacani, a priest member of the religious group of the…
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01 January 2016
Philippine Star: Online Social Networking Blamed for Rise of AIDS Cases in RP
Health officials blamed yesterday online social networking for the rise in the cases of HIV/AIDS in the country last year. Speaking at the weekly Kapihansa Manila Hotel media…
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