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01 January 2016
Manila Bulletin: Australia to Give More Storm Aid
The Australian government has pegged an additional A$8-million or P320-million in response to the revised flash appeal of the United Nations to help typhoon victims in the…
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01 January 2016
Philippine Star: More Funds to Address Effects of Climate Change Sought
President Arroyo will ask industrialized countries in Copenhagen, Denmark to infuse more funds to address the negative effects of climate change in highly vulnerable nations, her…
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01 January 2016
ARMM TO GAIN FROM PHILIPPINES-INDONESIA COOPERATION ON RH
The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) will benefit from good practices in reproductive health from Indonesia through a partnership between the Philippines’…
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01 January 2016
Teen Pregnancy: Battling the War that Silently Claims Lives and Future of Young Girls
The number of girls getting pregnant in their teens has been on the uptrend in the Philippines during the last decade, with childbirths by girls 14 years old and below increasing…
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01 January 2016
Inquirer: Only Courts Can Stop Sex Ed, Says DepEd
Unless stopped by the courts, the Department of Education (DepEd) intends to proceed with the pilot-testing of sex education in public schools this school year, Education…
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01 December 2015
Beyond Food and Shelter
Marites, 37, was nine months pregnant when tropical storm Ondoy, one of the worst floods that hit Metro Manila, swept away her family’s house along a riverbank in Cainta,…
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20 October 2015
UNFPA Ready to Support Women Affected by Typhoon Koppu
20 October 2015 -- UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, stands ready to provide targeted assistance to vulnerable women and girls affected by Typhoon Koppu (locally…
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30 August 2015
BANGSAMORO LEADER WELCOMES REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMME
CAMP DARAPANAN, Maguindanao, Philippines – Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Chair Al-Haj Murad Ebrahim welcomed a new collaboration on reproductive health with UNFPA,…
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05 August 2015
Midwife Gives Back to Indigenous Peoples' Community
It takes a one-hour motorcycle ride and seven kilometers of walking for 26-year-old Jowena Bangcas to reach the health center of an indigenous peoples' community in the town…
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