The Philippines has one of the fastest-growing populations in Asia, and is also one of the most densely populated countries. It cannot produce enoughfoodto feed its 96 million people. Advertisement ...

Philippines' Family Planning Law Finds Challenges August 18, 2015 12:43 PM By Simone Orendain The maternity ward at Joseph Fabella Memorial Hospital, the Philippines' largest public maternal ...

As Catholics and critics digest the Pope’s most recent pronouncement on prophylactics, the Philippines, a conservative, majority-Catholic nation of some 92 million, is mired in debate about ...

MANILA, Philippines – As the Philippines makes progress with its initiatives in family planning, sustained implementation of the programs by the next administrations is needed to achieve better ...

A law in the Philippines mandates universal access to contraception, but the Supreme Court and the Catholic Church have fought its implementation. President Rodrigo Duterte is pushing back.

Manila, Philippines – Before beginning her daily three-kilometre walk to the government health clinic where she works as a midwife, Stella Marie Alipoon packs a bottle of water for herself and ...

Philippines moves ahead with family planning law Overrides Supreme Court order of 2015 and the Church Updated - November 16, 2017 10:11 pm IST - MANILA: Reuters.

At age 33 and raising six children in a slum named “Paradise Village”, Myrna Albos is Exhibit A for the Philippines’ serial family planning failures. “I don’t want any more [children ...

In recent years, family planning has become a widely discussed topic in communities across the globe. What was once considered a taboo subject in Filipino culture is now openly discussed, creating a ...