Intensified family planning drive needed, says Cabral
By Jerry E. Esplanada
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 06:37:00 06/22/2010
MANILA, Philippines—This year, the country’s population growth rate has been pegged at 1.9 percent.
The government needs to bring it down further to 1.3-1.4 percent for the population to stabilize, said Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral yesterday.
This could be achieved, Cabral said, by employing, among other strategies, an “intensified family planning campaign” that focuses on an “improved quality of life” for Filipino couples.
“Life can be better when couples plan for their future,” she stressed, speaking during the launch of the Department of Health’s new family planning communication strategy.
“Information is crucial in helping men and women make the right decision for their families,” she said...
...Citing the 2008 National Demographic and Health Survey of the National Statistics Office, Cabral said that “eight out of 10 married women who have not used any family planning method did not receive any information on the matter from government health workers.”
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Only courts can stop S3X Ed, says DepEd
By Philip Tubeza
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:28:00 06/22/2010
MANILA, Philippines—Unless stopped by the courts, the Department of Education (DepEd) intends to proceed with the pilot-testing of *** education in public schools this school year, Education Secretary Mona Valisno said Monday.
Valisno said the program was still in the “consultation stage” and that the DepEd had asked thrice for a dialogue with the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) but the bishops have yet to respond.
“Yes, we will pursue it as long as we have consultations,” Valisno said in an interview.
She said the DepEd would only stop the program if the courts decided to issue a temporary restraining order against the teaching of *** education in public schools...
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Teen pregnancies
Valisno said the DepEd needed to teach *** education because of the “alarming” rate of pregnancies among teenagers.
“These are 15, 16 and 17-year-olds. They’re still in high school so they are disadvantaged. They can’t afford to get pregnant. Sometimes, they even drop out of school,” she said.
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Intensify Family Planning and *** Ed Drive? A Big Yes!
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