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11 February 2014
Manila Bulletin: New Protocol on Delivering Babies Issued
The Department of Health released recently an administrative order mandating the application of a new protocol on delivering babies that could bring a sharp decrease in the…
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31 January 2014
UNFPA Hails Heroism of Yolanda Health Workers
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, hailed the heroism of health workers in Typhoon Yolanda-affected areas who continue to serve their communities, despite having been…
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22 January 2014
Reproductive Rights are Crucial for Development, Asia-Pacific Meeting Reaffirms
Twenty years on, the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) retains its relevance, the 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and…
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16 January 2014
Teen Trail Kicks Off in Albay
Alarmed by the rise in teenage pregnancies in the Philippines, the Commission on Population (POPCOM) is rolling out an educational caravan to schools and barangays giving…
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16 December 2013
Women's Health Critical for Recovery in Aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda
TACLOBAN CITY—The international community must make women’s health a priority as typhoon-hit areas in the Philippines begin reconstruction and recovery, said Dr…
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09 December 2013
Press Release
More Support Needed to Protect 3.7 Million Women and Girls Post-Haiyan
One month after Typhoon Haiyan, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, calls on the international community for greater support to meet the needs of 3.7 million women and…
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29 November 2013
Bringing Family Planning Services to Communities
The provincial health office of Albay successfully carried out a medical mission to provide bilateral tubal ligation (BTL) services to mothers who have already reached their…
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05 November 2013
NEW LIFE SPRINGS AMIDST CHAOS
Harija Idris, 32, was nine months pregnant and already in labour when her family fled their house in the village of Rio Hondo in Zamboanga City last Sept. 10 as gun fighting…
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11 October 2013
A Chance to Serve Their Own Indigenous Communities
Nori comes from the indigenous Dibabawon tribe in the municipality of Montevista in Compostela Valley province. She became a mother in her teenage years. Now 25, she…
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