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Family Planning: E. Intended Audience
Family Planning: E. Intended Audience
A national mandated priority public health program to attain the country's national
health development: a health intervention program and an important tool for the
improvement of the health and welfare of mothers, children and other members of
the family. It also provides information and services for the couples of reproductive
age to plan their family according to their beliefs and circumstances through legally
and medically acceptable family planning methods.
The program is anchored on the following basic principles.
* Responsible Parenthood which means that each family has the right and duty to
determine the desired number of children they might have and when they might
have them. And beyond responsible parenthood is Responsible Parenting which is
the proper ubringing and education of chidren so that they grow up to be upright,
productive and civic-minded citizens.
* Respect for Life. The 1987 Constitution states that the government protects the
sanctity of life. Abortion is NOT a FP method:
* Birth Spacing refers to interval between pregnancies (which is ideally 3 years). It
enables women to recover their health improves women's potential to be more
productive and to realize their personal aspirations and allows more time to care for
children and spouse/husband, and;
* Informed Choice that is upholding and ensuring the rights of couples to determin
the number and spacing of their children according to their life's aspirations and
reminding couples that planning size of their families have a direct bearing on the
quality of their children's and their own lives.
E. Intended Audience:
Men and women of reproductive age (15-49) years old) including adolescents
F. Area of Coverage:
Nationwide
G. Mandate:
EO 119 and EO 102
H. Vision:
Empowered men and women living healthy, productive and fulfilling lives and
exercising the right to regulate their own fertility through legally and acceptable
family planning services.
I. Mission
The DOH in partnership with LGUs, NGOs, the private sectors and communities
ensures the availability of FP information and services to men and women who need
them.
J. Program Goals:
K. Objectives
General:
To help couples, individuals achieve their desired family size within the context of
responsible parenthood and improve their reproductive health.
Specifically, by the end of 2004:
Reduce
* MMR from 172 deaths 100,000 LB in 1998 to less than 100 deaths/100,000 LB
* IMR from 35.3 deaths/1000 livebirths in 1998 to less than 30 deaths/1000 live
births
* TFR from 3.7 children per woman in 1998 to 2.7 chidren per woman
Increase:
* Contraceptive Prevalence Rate from 45.6% in 1998 to 57%
* Proportion of modern FP methods use from 28>2% to 50.5%
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M. Strategies
I. Frontline participation of DOH-retained hospitals
II. Family Planning for the urban and rural poor
III. Demand Generation through Community-Based Management Information System
IV. Mainstreaming Natural Family Planning in the public and NGO health facilities
V. Strengthening FP in the regions with high unmet need for FP: CAR, CHD 5, 8, NCR,
ARMM
VI. Contraceptive Interdependence Initiative
N. Major Activities
I. Frontline participation of DOH-retained hospitals
* Establishment of FP Itinerant team by each hospital to respond to the unmet
needs for permanent FP methods and to bring the FP services nearer to our urban
and rural poor communities
* FP services as part of medical and surgical missions of the hospital
* Provide budget to support operations of the itenerant teams inclduing the drugs
and medical supplies needed for voluntary surgical sterilization (VS) services
* Partnership with LGU hospitals which serve as the VS site
II. Family Planning for the urban and rural poor
* Expanded role of Volunteer Health Workers (VHWs) in FP provision
* Partnership of itenerant team and LGU hospitals
* Provision of FP services
III. Demand Generation through Community-Based Management Information System
* Identification and masterlisting of potential FP clients and users in need of PF
services (permanent or temporary methods)
* Segmentation of potential clients and users as to what method is preferred or
used by clients
IV. Mainstreaming Natural Family Planning in the public and NGO health facilities
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V. Strengthening FP in the regions with high unmet need for FP: CAR, CHD 5, 8, NCR,
ARMM
* Field of itinerant teams by retained hospitals to provide VS services nearer to the
community
* Installation of COmmunity Based Management Information System
* Provision of augmentation funds for CBMIS activities
VI. Contraceptive Interdependence Initiative
* Expansion of PhilHealth coverage to include health centers providing No Scalpel
Vasectomy and FP Itenerant Teams
* Expansion of Philhealth benefit package to include pills, injectables and IUD
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Reachout foundation
DKT
Philippine Federation for Natual Family Planning (PFNFP)
John Snow Inc. - Well Family Clinic
Phlippine Legislators Committee on Population Development (PLPCD)
Remedios Foundation
Family Planning Organization of the Philippines (FPOP)
Institute of Maternal and CHild HEalth (IMCH)
Integrated Maternal and CHild Care Services and Development, Inc.
Friendly Care Foundation, Inc.
Institute of Reproductive Health
3. Other GOs
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Commission on Population
DILG
DOLE
LGUs