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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 Nati
PASSING legislations such as the pending bill allowing adolescents to access reproductive health services will help maximize the 10-year old Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law, according to the Commission on Population and Development (Popcom). On Tuesday, Popcom Officer in Charge-Executive Director (OIC-ED) Lolito R. Tacardon told the BusinessMirror that…
Overweight /obesity is a global public health concern. It is higher among women than men in most continents of the world. This study aimed to determine the spatiotemporal distribution and determinants of changes in overweight/obesity over time among urban women in Ethiopia. We used data from three consecutive Demographic and Health Surveys in Ethiopia (2005, 2011, and 2016). The total weighted sample of 1112 in 2005, 3569 in 2011, and 3071 in 2016 urban women were included in the analysis. The primary outcome measure of this study was the spatiotemporal distribution and trends over time in overweight/obesity. Factors contributing to change in overweight/obesity were examined using a logit-based multivariate decomposition analysis. Overweight/obesity increased from 14.2% in 2005 to 21% in 2016. Approximately 61.3% of the overall increase in overweight/obesity among urban women was due to the difference in coefficient (difference in the effect of characteristics) across the surveys. Chan
Filipino children must stop bearing children of their own.
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This was the simple yet poignant message of Laguna 2nd district Rep. Ruth Mariano-Hernandez in her recent privilege speech at the House of Representatives on the occasion of National Children's Month this November.
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