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Cpd: 14.1% of Filipinos Still Use Traditional Family Planning

Cpd: 14.1% of Filipinos Still Use Traditional Family Planning

About 14.1 percent of Filipinos still rely on traditional family planning methods such as withdrawal and the calendar method despite the steady rise in modern contraceptive use, the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) said Thursday. Mylin Mirasol Quiray, chief of the CPD Information Management and Communications Division, said the share of traditional-method users declined from 16.5 percent in 2022 but remained significant.

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Published at 2026-09-18 by Dimitri Mostrey

Categories : Culture, Health, People

Tags: Health, childbirth, children, family

Philippines Sees Nearly 2,500 Maternal Deaths in 2021: UN Agency

Philippines Sees Nearly 2,500 Maternal Deaths in 2021: UN Agency

At least 2,478 women died due to childbirth in the Philippines in 2021, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Philippines said Sunday, expressing concern about the rising number of maternal deaths. "In the Philippines, we noticed an increase of maternal deaths during the past years: in 2019, 1,458 women died of maternal causes; this number increased to 2,478 in 2021," UNFPA Philippines said.

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Published at 2023-05-14 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Communities, Health, News and Events

Tags: childbirth, women