Oh, baby! Pinays most fertile in SE Asia
The Philippines has the highest fertility rate of 2.9 (number of children per woman) among the member-states of the Association ...
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Protect Poor women, UNPF says
Unchecked inequality, failure to protect the rights of poorest women could threaten unrest, undermine peace and world’s development goals, a ...
Read morePH may lose UNFPA aid after US cuts support fund
THE Philippines, along with other countries, may no longer receive assistance from United Nations Population Fund after the United States ...
Read moreStatement of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on the Philippine Government Executive Order on RPRH Law
The Executive Order issued by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte supporting the full implementation of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health ...
Read moreUN vows aid to RH efforts
THE United Nations Population Fund on Friday lauded President Rodrigo Duterte’s issuance of Executive Order No. 12 which supports the ...
Read moreTeenage pregnancy costs P33b each year
Thirty-three billion in earnings are lost every year in the Philippines as a result of teenage pregnancy, the United Nations ...
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