POPCOM Region-V to LGUs: Utilize Accurate Population-related Data to Aid in Crisis Management The Commission on Population and Development Region-V urges the local government units (LGUs) to utilize their population-related data in responding to the needs of its constituents especially this time of pandemic and typhoon season. Earlier this year, POPCOM launched the Interagency Task continue reading : PRESS RELEASE
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POPCOM: Fate of 60K-plus minor girls giving birth yearly hangs in the balance with stalling of “teen pregnancy” bills The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) said that the fate and the future of more than 60,000 young girls have been left in a precarious state, as the leadership of the Senate decided to delay continue reading : PRESS RELEASE
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POPCOM Region-V and DOH ensure contraceptive availability through improved Supply Chain Management Storage of Family Planning (FP) commodities has been a role of the Department of Health (DOH) for the longest time as the lead agency for the procurement of FP commodities and supplies and its distribution to service delivery points. In 2019, a Joint continue reading : PRESS RELEASE
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Six years ago, on July 27, 2014, the Philippine population reached 100 million, as 100 babies born past midnight that day in state hospitals across 19 cities and 81 provinces were singled out as the symbolic “100 millionth baby.” Marking the sixth birthdays of that cohort of the now-young children, the Commission on Population and continue reading : PRESS RELEASE
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POPCOM Region-V to train more KATROPA Advocates to help curb VAWC cases The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) reports last April that the COVID-19 pandemic is taking a toll on the welfare of women and girls around the world. The agency states that six months of lockdowns could result in an additional thirty-one million cases continue reading : PRESS RELEASE