𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙁𝙋 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙, 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙝 Nearly 2 million Filipino women of reproductive age, or those between 15 to 49 years old, will get pregnant this year, leading to an additional 214,000 unplanned births. It is also believed that 10 percent of the births will be among women below continue reading : POPCOM: Pandemic may increase live births in PHL to almost 2M

In the face of a pandemic affecting the Philippines, the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) reminds Filipino couples to always practice responsible parenthood and family planning. According to POPCOM, as couples and families are strictly advised to stay at home during the enhanced community quarantine, the opportunity also allows for spousal and parental dialogue continue reading : 𝗣𝗢𝗣𝗖𝗢𝗠 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀: 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰, 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) maintains that the national program on family planning is a crucial element in radically reducing incidence of poverty, citing the latest pronouncement from the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) that the poverty rate in the Philippines can be cut in the continue reading : 𝗣𝗢𝗣𝗖𝗢𝗠: 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗩𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗡 𝗙𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗬