Tag: reproductive health
RH Bill: silver bullet to rising maternal deaths
PHILIPPINES – Sen. Pia Cayetano believes the passage of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill would give priority to the plight and burden of Filipino mothers. In a statement on World Population Day on Wednesday, Cayetano said this year’s theme of […]
Maternal Deaths on the Rise
PHILIPPINES – As the controversy over women’s access to proper reproductive health continues, Health Secretary Enrique Ona disclosed that the country’s maternal mortality rate went up to 221 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2010, from 162 deaths in 2006. […]
RH Bill likely to be Passed on 2nd Reading
PHILIPPINES – Senators Miriam Defensor-Santiago and Pia Cayetano remain optimistic that the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) bill could be passed in the 15th Congress. “As I have predicted, we may have to pass it after the SONA, by August. That […]
