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12 November 2009
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…
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27 October 2009
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…
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08 October 2009
UNFPA Conducts RH Medical Mission for Flood Evacuees
As part of the United Nations’ continuing humanitarian assistance to the victims of tropical storm Ondoy, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) conducts a series of…
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08 October 2009
Associated Press: Philippines Lags Behind UN Anti-Poverty Goals
The Philippines lags behind the United Nations' targets to cut poverty by 2015, with the number of poor Filipinos on the rise, officials said Wednesday. An official from the…
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17 September 2009
Inquirer: Bishops Fear Railroading of RH Bill
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines feared that proponents of the RH Bill are trying to railroad the passage of the legislation before Congress goes on a…
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16 September 2009
Manila Standard Today: Noynoy Vs. the Church (Opinion Column/Jojo Robles)
It should come as no surprise, given his affluent, educated and liberal background, that Noynoy Aquino, as a congressman, co-authored the reproductive health bill that still gets…
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01 February 2009
Business World: Population Control Measure Approval No Longer Feasible, Lawmakers Admit
THE CONTROVERSIAL reproductive health (RH) bill mainly opposed by the Catholic Church is unlikely to be passed in the 14th Congress with the House of Representatives leadership…
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28 October 2008
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…
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