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May 25, 2021 Although the number of COVID-19 cases continues to decline in NCR Plus and nationwide, the Department of Health (DOH) has repeatedly warned that the threat of the virus remains. In fact, according to a study by the Commission on Population and Development (Popcom), almost 1,300 out of 42,000 barangays in the country have multiple cases of the disease. From September 2020 to April 15, 2021, there was an average of 137 cases. “The Commission on Population and Development has identified 1,272 barangays nationwide as having the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the country, avera...

SunStar SunStar File May 21, 2021 CENTRAL Visayas had the highest reported cases of violence against women and children (VAWC) in the country in 2019 at 3,186, according to data from the Commission on Population and Development (Popcom) 7 based on the 2019 Annual Report on Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RPRH) Act of 2012. Reported VAWC cases in the region’s cities and provinces also significantly increased from 2018, when there were only 1,633 cases. The National Capital Region ranked second highest with a total of 1,554 reported VAWC cases in 2019, which is lo...

SunStar + April 12, 2021 THE negative impacts of the pandemic on health and well-being have spread far and wide among members of the Philippine population, and its adverse effects have crept to the level of Filipino adolescents, according to the Commission on Population and Development’s (Popcom) executive director. Speaking before a global audience at the recent Ecosoc Youth Forum on the occasion of World Health Day, Undersecretary for Population and Development (PopDev) Juan Antonio Perez III said the Philippines, as a country currently under community quarantines, has witnes...

POPCOM launches Islamic values-based module for gender, health education (Photo via Betheena Unite/ MANILA BULLETIN) Proponents and stakeholders on adolescents’ sexual reproductive health in the Philippines and Indonesia launched the Comprehensive Gender and Health Education for Youth (CGHEY) module last Feb. 24,, a statement from the Commission on Population and Development (PopCom) bared Thursday, March 11. Indonesia’s Ministry of the State Secretariat and the National Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and PopCom jointly released t...

(Pixabay / FILE PHOTO) According to the survey, one out of four or at least 25 percent of Filipino adults in the country have cited acts of violence against women as one of the most pressing problems amid the raging coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Based on the results revealed by PopCom on Tuesday, March 9, some 11 percent of the respondents said physical violence was the top concern of Filipino women among these harmful acts, followed by sexual violence and emotional violence at 7 percent each. In Mindanao, 24 percent of adults shared the same sentiments, with 11 percent citing phys...