(16 September 2021) As part of the One Health Week celebration, the Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Health (DOH), and Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) on September 09 launched the Comprehensive Sexuality Education and Adolescent Reproductive Health (CSE-ARH) Convergence. This is part of the whole-of-government response to the ongoing challenges of high levels continue reading : ICYMI: DEPED, DOH, POPCOM LAUNCH CONVERGENCE OF COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION AND ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

MESSAGE Today marks the fifty-fourth year since the Philippines, together with the other founding members of the ASEAN, formed what become Southeast Asia’s preeminent regional organization and one of the world’s most successful institutions. The creation of ASEAN in 1967, in a period of great power rivalry and tensions, was indeed a bold, visionary step continue reading : President Rodrigo Duterte’s Message on the 54th Anniversary of ASEAN

The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) vows to pursue appropriate strategies and interventions ensuring every Filipino family will have the capacity to enhance their quality of living amid increasing population numbers and a surging pandemic. The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) vows to pursue appropriate strategies and interventions ensuring every Filipino family will continue reading : POPCOM to pursue programs elevating Pinoy families’ quality of life: As PHL’s 100 millionth symbolic babies turn 7 in the ‘new normal’

The Covid-19 pandemic has critically compromised the protection of sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) of women and girls all over the world—including the Philippines and the Asia-Pacific region. The Covid-19 pandemic has critically compromised the protection of sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) of women and girls all over the world—including the Philippines and continue reading : World Population Day 2021: PHL has 8M FP users amid Covid’s barriers on sexual health, rights

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Department of Health (DOH), and the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) recently formed a nationwide campaign to address the alarming rate of teenage pregnancies in the Philippines. Dubbed as “Konektado Tayo,” the campaign aims to bridge the communications gap between Filipino parents and their adolescent continue reading : USAID, DOH, POPCOM boost parent-teen interactions; via social media to address early pregnancies