MANILA, Philippines — About eight million women of reproductive age (WRA) used family planning services in the Philippines as of 2019, the Commission on Population and Development (PopCom) announced on Wednesday.
The2019 Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RPRH) Law Report sawa two-fold increase from four million WRAs who opted to use modern family methods during the enactment of the law in 2012.
According to the report, the modern contraceptive prevalence rate among women reached 58 percent or around 7.8 million women. The figures almost reached the 60 percent to 65 percent target of the Philippine Development Plan for 2017 to 2022.
The study also emphasized t…
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