by Franklin P. Gumapon
DIPOLOG CITY, Aug. 25 (PIA) -- As the country celebrates the month of August as National Family Planning Month, the City Health Office (CHO) here has spearheaded the conduct of health classes in six cluster areas in the city.
A total of 191 couples attended the health classes which focused on responsible parenthood and family planning.
CHO family planning coordinator Rhodora Yrañela disclosed that the participants particularly the young couples were urged to adopt birth spacing to protect the health of the mother and children.
It can be recalled that the Department of Health (DOH) designated the month of August every year as National Family Planning Month with the goal of increasing public awareness on the importance of responsible parenthood to attain a better quality of life for the mother, the father and the family as a whole.
Latest results of the Pulse Asia survey on reproductive health showed that five out of 10 Filipino couples no longer want to have more children while seven out of 10 really want to practice family planning.
In a related development, a policy forum on Responsible Parenthood-Reproductive Health (RP-RH) bill is slated to be held in Dapitan City tomorrow to be attended by local chief executives of Zamboanga del Norte, religious leaders, academe, students and other stakeholders. This activity is organized by the Commission on Population (POPCOM).
To serve as resource speakers in the activity are POPCOM Administrator Tomas Osias and GABRIELA party-list representative Luz Ilagan. (ALT/FPG/PIA-Zambo. Norte)
