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DOH The Department of Health (DOH) cited some gains in making family planning methods more accessible to Filipinos—ten years after the passage of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 or the RH law. More Filipinos have used family planning methods based on the 2022...

President Duterte rued the country’s "population problem" on Thursday, Dec. 23 as he led a ceremonial distribution of food packs in typhoon-stricken Puerto Princesa City in Palawan. (Charlein Gracia/ Unsplash) "In our poverty, we are really too populated. I’m not joking here, okay? I just want...

In June, Executive Order 141 declares prevention of teen pregnancies a ‘national priority’ NEW LIFE A mother holding the hand of her newborn for the first time A survey showed that only 13 percent of 500 young women in the Philippines have knowledge of emergency contraceptive (EC) pills or the...

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Prevention is better than cure -- but when it comes to COVID, what happens when people can't get the vaccine, don't want it, or they're immune suppressed and it fails to stop infection? The hunt is on for a coronavirus treatment that can be taken as a pill...

The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) is encouraging organizers of community pantries to include contraceptives such as condoms and pills in their list of essential pantry goods, if only to help promote family planning among poor Filipino families. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN)...