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International Day of the Midwife Joint Message from UNFPA and ICM
“The World Needs Midwives Now More than Ever” Each year, hundreds of thousands of women die and three million newborns do not survive the first week of life because they lack access to maternity... Read more
China Lifts National Travel Ban for People with HIV
GENEVA/BEIJING, 27 April 2010 –UNAIDS applauds the decision by the *Government of China to lift its national travel ban for people living with HIV*. The news comes ahead of the opening of Shanghai... Read more
GMA News.tv: 4 Senate Bets Square Off on RH Bill
Four senatorial candidates battled it out on the unending debate on the Reproductive Health bill, with one candidate belonging to a ‘pro-life’ political party dismissing statistics presented by one... Read more
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 Missionaries for Jesus.... Read more
International Women’s Day Message
International Women’s Day message Thoraya Ahmed Obaid UNFPA Executive Director 8 March 2010 On International Women’s Day, let us pay tribute to all women worldwide who contribute so much to the... Read more
GMA News: Villar Rejects Passage of Reproductive Health Bill
Nacionalista Party standard bearer Senator Manuel Villar Jr. does not believe that the government's reproductive health program should be forced on the people. "Against ako sa RH bill. Hindi ako... Read more
Philippine Star: Women's Groups, HIV Patients Rally Behind Cabral
Women’s organizations, HIV/AIDS patients and representatives of non-government organizations will rally in support of embattled Secretary Esperanza Cabral in front of the Department of Health (DOH)... Read more
ABS-CBN: Noynoy Softens Stand on RH Bill
Presidential candidate Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III has softened his stand on the Reproductive Health (RH) bill. At the ABS-CBN News Channel's Presidential Youth Forum at De La Salle... Read more
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 forum, FerchitoAvelino,... Read more
Inquirer: Solon Hits Church Double Standard
The Catholic Church in the Philippines is practicing a double standard when it tells the people to choose the country’s next leaders by following their conscience, but at the same time it tells them... Read more