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[Title] => Approval of RH Bill pushed
[Summary] => The Commission on Population-7 stands firm in support for the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) bill pending at the House of Representatives, saying it is needed to help ease the country’s population problem.
[DatePublished] => 2010-01-30 00:00:00
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[Title] => Responsible parenthood classes to start with 1,600 young couples
[Summary] => Amid the controversy on the Reproductive Health Bill, the Cebu City Council passed a resolution binding the memorandum of agreement with the Population Commission for a program on educating selected young couples from all the barangays about responsible parenthood through natural methods.
[DatePublished] => 2009-10-19 00:00:00
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[Title] => Contraceptives’ use in CV rises this year
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[DatePublished] => 2007-10-26 00:00:00
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[Title] => Popcom launches Responsible Parenting Movement
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In its aim to make couples aware of their basic responsibilities as parents, the Commission on Population has launched its responsible parenting movement - a way to consider responsible parenting as a way of life towards the attainment of sustainable human development.
With the said movement, classes on responsible parenting will be done in the barangays to "mobilize the critical mass of parents who will compose the Responsible Parenting Movement," it was learned.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-20 00:00:00
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[Title] => Popcom to strengthen family planning drive
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The Commission on Population will strengthen its family planning campaign in areas where the program is hard to reach.
Popcom regional director Leo Rama said the public's acceptance of family planning in Metro Cebu is high, leading them to plan for the strengthening of the program.
He said they have already trained people who will conduct lectures and information dissemination on family planning in barangays.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-24 00:00:00
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[Title] => Right birth spacing focal point of PopDev Week celebration
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Responsible Parenthood through right birth spacing is this year's focus in the celebration of the Population and Development Week from November 23 to 29.
Population Commission regional director Leo Rama enjoins all provincial and city population offices to come up with activities for this year's celebration in coordination with their local government executives.
This year's theme is "Responsible Parenthood for a Healthy and Progressive Nation: Right Birth Spacing Promotes Family Well Being."
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-16 00:00:00
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[Title] => Popcom endorses safe non-scalpel vasectomy
[Summary] => The Population Commission is now pushing for a low-risk, safe and simple vasectomy procedure that has more advantages over the conventional process.
Popcom regional director Leo Rama said they are pushing for non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV), a safe, less costly and more convenient family planning method for married couples.
NSV is a male sterilization process that requires no incision, no stitches, less bleeding, less discomfort, and faster recovery, among others, Rama said.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-21 00:00:00
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[Title] => Half of women in CV use contraceptives
[Summary] => The overall rate in the use of contraceptives in family planning, or the contraceptive prevalence rate, in Central Visayas stayed constant at 49 percent for the past ten years, according to the National Statistics Office's 2005 Family Planning Survey.
The survey results was presented during the Data Dissemination Forum, of the NSO and the United States Agency for International Development, held at the Cebu Grand Convention yesterday.
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[Title] => Popcom is promoting non-scalpel vasectomy
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The Commission on Population is now pushing for a low-risk, safe and simple procedure that has more advantages over the conventional vasectomy process.
"We will be pushing for non-scalpel vasectomy, a safe, less costly and more convenient family planning method for married couples," Popcom regional director Leo Rama said at a press conference during the Family Planning Month Celebration.
Non-scalpel vasectomy is a male sterilization process that requires no incision, no stitches, less bleeding, less discomfort, and faster recovery, among others, Rama said.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-02 00:00:00
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[Title] => 'Pills' is most used contraceptive here
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The pill is the most commonly used contraceptive in Cebu City with users said to be at least 11 to 15 percent of the reproductive age group, this according to the Population Commission.
Popcom regional director Leo Rama said that aside from contraceptive pills, ligation and intra-uterine devices are also widely used.
Despite opposition of the Roman Catholic Church, Rama said, that the acceptance of family planning methods in Cebu is high with at least 99 percent of Cebuanos approving of the program.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-08 00:00:00
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