December 2011
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Philippine contraception bill causes fierce debate →
A video by BBC.
Tens of millions of people in the Philippines live in poverty and the country also has one of the highest birth rates in Asia.
The government now wants to encourage its citizens to have fewer children, and is putting forward a bill in parliament to provide free contraception.
But many Filipinos are Catholic and the church is unhappy with the bill, Kate McGeown reports from...
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Soda-soap mix as contraception - experts are... →
BAGUIO CITY- Young Filipinos have been resorting to a concoction of detergent or bath soap plus cola drink, which they consume after engaging in premarital sex because they believe that the mixture can prevent the transmission of sexually-transmitted infections, a doctor revealed in this year’s national school health and nutrition congress here.
RH Bill not a priority? For how long? And how...
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Amnesty International-PH urges Congress to pass RH... →
Amnesty International-Philippines appealed to lawmakers not to let 2011 end without the much-needed measure being passed, saying not one more mother should suffer from preventable maternal death.
Aurora Parong, director of AI-Philippines, said Congress should pass the bill that would help millions of women prevent mistimed and unwanted pregnancies, and have safe pregnancies and child birth.
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HIV cases worldwide decreasing except in PH →
A Global AIDS Report released recently by the UNAIDS observed there has been a 25 percent decline in HIV infections and AIDS-related illness and deaths, and that countries who have given enough funding and attention to the problem have stabilized the rise, spread and deaths caused by the virus.
Merceditas Apilado, a UNAIDS social mobilization adviser, said the Philippines is “one of...