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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 childhood death rate in... Read more
Philippine Star: DoH Alarmed Over Increasing Number Of HIV Cases
The number of HIV cases in the Philippines has continued to increase over the past two years, alarming the Department of Health. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that while the number of new... Read more
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 economic adviser... Read more
Inquirer: Business Groups Work for RH Compromise (Opinion Column/Mahar Mangahas)
Business groups showed their recognition of, and desire to help, solve the national population problem when key members of the Bishops-Businessmen’s Conference for Human Development (BBC), the Makati... Read more
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women - Message from Ms. Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director UNFPA
Every day, women and girls are subject to domestic violence, exploitation, sexual violence, trafficking, honour crimes, harmful traditional practices, such as bride burning and early marriages, and... Read more
Women Central to Efforts to Deal with Climate Change, Says New UNFPA Report
London, 18 November 2009 - Women bear the disproportionate burden of climate change, but have so far been largely overlooked in the debate about how to address problems of rising seas, droughts,... Read more
Largest International Family Planning Conference in 15 Years Convenes in Uganda
KAMPALA, 12 November, 2009—Over 1,200 leading policymakers, researchers, academics and health professionals from 59 countries will meet in Kampala, Uganda, from 15 to 18 November, where they will... Read more
Lawmakers Commit to Women's Health and Rights by 2015
ADDIS ABABA, 28 October 2009 — Lawmakers from 115 countries reaffirmed their support today to the principles and goals of the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD)... Read more
Family Planning Key to Key to Maternal Health, Affirm Delegates at High-Level Meeting
ADDIS ABABA, 27 October 2009 — Ending the needless death and suffering of women during pregnancy is one of the greatest moral, human rights and development challenges of our time, agreed more than... Read more
36.1 Million Filipinos Call for End to Poverty
For the second year in a row, the Philippines sent the loudest voice worldwide in calling for an end to extreme poverty, with 36.1 million Filipinos participating in various events during the three-... Read more