The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) CALABARZON, the POPCOM Family Wellness Clinic (PFWC) and several LGU partners help couples achieve their desired number and spacing of births through Family Planning (FP) Outreach Missions.  The purpose of the missions is to provide various temporary FP supplies like pills, condoms, IUDs, implants, injectables, as well as continue reading : POPCOM Region IV – A CALABARZON closely coordinates with POPCOM Family Wellness Clinic and Collaborates with LGU Partners and NGOs for FP Outreach Missions

Strengthening the implementation of Republic Act No. 10354 otherwise known as the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RPRH) law is part of President Duterte’s Ten (10)-Point Socio-Economic Agenda. Dr. Ernesto M. Pernia, former Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning and former Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), said that if the law was not continue reading : EO No. 12 is Pro-Life, Pro-Women, Pro-Children, and Pro-Economic Development

Article 16 of the Family Code mandates the counseling session required to all marrying couples where one (1) or both parties are 18-25 years old in addition to their attendance to the Pre-Marriage Orientation (PMO).   Based on the Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) No. 1, Series of 2018 on the Revised Pre-Marriage Orientation and Counseling continue reading : POPCOM CALABARZON Conducts Pre-Marriage Orientation Trainings

Based on the 2017 Philippines National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS), the average total fertility rate (TFR) of women is three (3) when their desired fertility rate is two (2).  Moreover, poor women have five (5) children due to unintended/unplanned pregnancies.  With regards to modern contraceptive prevalence rate (MCPR), the 2017 NDHS reported that 40% continue reading : POPCOM IV-A and its LGU Partners Celebrate Family Planning Month

P R E S S   R E L E A S E A woman in her reproductive age seeks information about the usage of pills (Photo courtesy from Rural Health Unit in San Luis, Batangas) Based on the 2017 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS), CALABARZON region has reached almost a hundred percent of currently continue reading : POPCOM CALABARZON joins the rest of the world in the celebration of World Contraception Day

P R E S S   R E L E A S E POPCOM, DSWD, govt agencies: Families must be shielded vs economic woes, unplanned pregnancy and violence stemming from pandemic The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM), together with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and other government partners, appealed on all sectors continue reading : 28th National Family Week: September 21 to 27