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(File photo) MANILA - The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) attributed the downtrend of adolescent pregnancies to confluence of many factors, including the Covid-19 pandemic and the unrelenting collaboration government agencies, local government units (LGUs) and stakeholders. Undersecretary Juan Antonio Perez III, executive director of POPCOM, cited the Challenge Initiative with the Zuellig Family Foundation as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as being vital in limiting early pregnancy case numbers in many cities and LGUs of the country. He also attributed the sliding statistics in teenage pregnancies to open communications and correct data dissemination. Perez said key interventions for the youth include social media-based Konektado Tayo with the United States Agency for International Development, as well as the recently launched I Choose information drive program with the Department of Health. "Despite effects of the pandemic's quarantines and lo ....

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