By Shiela Mae Butlig
Correspondent .
THE Commission on Population-10 has announced that they will intensify their implementation of population and family planning programs in Northern Mindanao.
Popcom-10 Assistant Regional Director Neil Aldrin Omega said last Friday that they are targeting to achieve modern contraceptive prevalence rate of 65 percent by 2022.
This means it will enable the desired two children per family.
Modern family planning methods include bilateral tubal ligation, sub-dermal implant, intra-uterine device, and projestine injectables and pills.
By reaching the 65 percent target of Popcom-10 of this modern contraceptive prevalence rate among women of reproductive or a total of 11,340,000 women, an estimated 4,117,000 unintended pregnancies will have been averted, 2,429,000 abortions will have been prevented, and 2,160 maternal deaths will also be averted.
Omega said they will be coordinating with the provincial, city, and municipal population officers to intensify the demand generation activities, caravans, sessions, and classes for pregnant women to help understand why families need to have family planning.
“A lot of couples do not use family planning kay maka cause kuno ug health problems. These are baseless,” said Omega.
Fact is all contraceptive have gone through scientific studies, added Omega.
Lancer Asino, Popcom information education communication officer said there is a must to have a modern way of family planning and also cited responsible parenthood especially that teenage pregnancy now is on the rise.
The effect of teenage pregnancy according to Asino to economic loss is P47 billion.
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