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Monday, December 4, 2017
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ILOILO City – The Commission on Population (Popcom) Region 6 conducted health and development classes targeting adolescents in various schools and local government units in Western Visayas.
“Talk Tayo: Ikaw ang Bida Dito” is a program that aims to make adolescents choose responsible decisions after a providing them a comprehensive lecture on responsible parenthood and reproductive health.
Popcom regional director Harold Alfred Marshall said the program is a demand generation strategy.
The program targets adolescents aged 10 to 19 years old. It was made possible through Popcom’s collaboration with the Department of Health, the Family Planning Organization of the Philippines, schools and local government units.
The topics included sexuality and gender, prevention of early sexual activity and teenage pregnancy, human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome awareness, and care for pregnant teens.
Popcom believes that the program will help in reducing adolescent birth rate in the region.
By 2022, Popcom wants to cut by half the current 57 births among 15- to 19-year-olds and have a zero repeated pregnancies among them. (PIA/PN)
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