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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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16 September 2013
Family Planning Mission Scores Success in Ifugao
It was only 8:30 a.m. on that day in June but it was already hot and humid in the lowland town of Alfonso Lista in the province of Ifugao. A line of women had formed…
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11 September 2013
A Tale of Two Teen Mothers
The two mothers arrived together at the reproductive health medical mission in an urban poor community in Manila, each carrying a baby in their arms. The older woman is Rowena…
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05 September 2013
Teen Pregnancy on The Rise in Eastern Samar
Five teenagers get pregnant every day in Eastern Samar, according to the Eastern Samar Provincial Health Office. Between 2011 and 2012, facility-based data on antenatal care…
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