FAMILY PLANNING

AS A PROGRAM
- DESCRIPTION
- STATUS OF FP
 Family Planning (FP) is
having the desired number of
children and when you want to
have them by using safe and
DESCRIPTION effective modern methods.
Proper birth spacing is having
children 3 to 5 years apart,
which is best for the health of
the mother, her child, and the
family.
STATISTICS

YEAR TOTAL POP WRA Current Users mCPR

2017 104,921, 600 12, 931,587 6,836,647 52.87%

2016 103, 711,044 12, 872,386 6,122,042 47.89%

2015 101,771,950 12, 543,393 6,014,458 47.95%

2014 99,874,261 12,309,503 5,185,974 42.13%

2013 98,011,951 12,079,973 4,774,629 39.53%

 TARGETS ACCOMPLISHMENTS
INDICA
TORS 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

mCPR 65% 65% 65% 65% 52% 39.5% 42.1% 47.9% 47.8% 52.9%

PLEASE NOTE: ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM 2013-2017 ARE BASED ON FHSIS REPORT

- VISION
- MISSION
- GOAL
- OBJECTIVES
 To empower women and
men to live healthy, productive,
and fulfilling lives with the right
VISION to achieve their desired family
size through quality, medically
sound, and legally permissible
FP methods.
  Quality:

there are six facets of FP quality care: choice of

method, technical competence of providers,
informing and counseling clients, interpersonal
relations, mechanisms to encourage continuation
and appropriateness and acceptability of services.

VISION  Medically sound:

sound medical treatment is defined as the use of
medical knowledge or means to cure or prevent a
medical disorder, preserve life, or relieve distressing
symptoms.

 Legally permissible:
all FP interventions must be legal and must not
violate any existing Philippine law.
 The DOH, in partnership
with the LGUs, NGOs, private
sector, and communities shall
MISSION ensure the availability of FP
information and services to men
and women who need them.
 To provide universal access to
FP information and services
GOAL whenever and wherever these
are needed.
 1. The FP Program addresses the need to help
couples and individuals achieve their desired
family size within the context of responsible
parenthood and improve their reproductive
health to attain sustainable development. It aims
to ensure that quality FP services are available
in DOH-retained hospitals, LGU-managed health
facilities, NGOs, and the private sector.
OBJECTIVES
2. To increase modern Contraceptive Prevalence Rate
(mCPR) among all women from 24.9% in 2017 to
30% by 2022.

3. To reduce the unmet need for modern family

planning from 10.8% in 2017 to 8% by 2022
GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF
THE PFPP:
■ Respect for the sanctity of life.
Family Planning aims to prevent abortion and therefore can save the
lives of both women and children.

■ Respect for human rights.

Family Planning services will be made available using only medically
and legally permissible methods appropriate to the health status of
the client. Family Planning services shall be provided regardless of
the client’s sex, number of children, sexual orientation, moral
background, occupation, socio-economic status, cultural and
religious belief.
■ The freedom of choice and voluntary decision.
Couples and individuals will make family planning decisions based
on informed choice including their own moral, cultural or religious
beliefs.
■ Respect for the rights of clients to determine their desired
family size.
Couples and individuals have the basic right to decide freely and
responsibly the number and spacing of their children. Couples and
individuals are free to decide and choose the FP methods they will
use based on informed choice. They will exercise responsible
parenthood in accordance to their religious and ethical values and
cultural background, subject to conformity with universally
recognized international human rights.
- FP POLICIES AND
STRATEGIES
- COMPONENTS
 The National FP Policy
(Administrative Order No. 50-A, s.
FP POLICIES 2001). Policy statements that guide
FP program promotion and
implementation are the following:
 1. Family Planning as a health
intervention to promote the overall
health of all Filipinos particularly
women and children by:

FP POLICIES - preventing high-risk pregnancies;

- preventing unwanted/unplanned
pregnancies;
- reducing maternal deaths; and
- responding to unmet needs of
women.
 2. Family Planning as a means
towards responsible parenthood.
3. Only medically safe and legally
acceptable FP methods shall be
made available in all public,
FP POLICIES NGOs, and private health facilities.
4. Quality care must be promoted and
ensured in providing FP services.
Privacy and confidentiality should
be strictly observed in the provision
of services at all times.
 6. Efforts must be undertaken to orient
clients on fertility awareness as the
basic information to
fully understand and appreciate FP.
FP POLICIES
7. Multi-agency participation is
essential.
 1. Focus service delivery to the urban
and rural poor;
2. Re-establish/strengthen the FP
outreach program;
FP STRATEGIES 3. Strengthen FP provision in regions
with high unmet need;
4. Promote frontline participation of
hospitals;
5. Mainstream modern natural FP;
 6. Promote and implement CSR
strategy to include other non-
commodity based methods (e.g.
BTL, Vasectomy, Fertility
Awareness-Based Methods);
FP STRATEGIES 7. Integration of FP with other RH
services (i.e., maternal, neonatal,
child and nutrition services,
adolescent health services, etc.);
8. Ensuring quality care through
compliance to informed choice and
voluntarism principles;
9. Capacitate high volume providers.
 1. Service Delivery
2. Logistics Management
3. Information, Education and
Communication and Advocacy
COMPONENTS 4. Monitoring and Evaluation
5. Research and Development
6. Management Information System
7. Training
FP METHODS
 MODERN METHODS

• PERMANENT METHODS
FP METHODS • TEMPORARY METHODS
• FERTILITY AWARENESS-
BASED METHOD
 MODERN METHODS

• PERMANENT METHODS
FP METHODS - Female sterilization/Bilateral
Tubal Ligation
- Male sterilization/ Vasectomy
 MODERN METHODS

• TEMPORARY METHODS
FP METHODS SUPPLY METHOD
- Pills
- Intrauterine Device
- Injectable
- Male Condom
 MODERN METHODS

• FERTILITY AWARENESS-
BASED METHOD
FP METHODS - Cervica Mucus/ Billings
Ovulation Method
- Basal Body Temperature
- Sympto-thermal Method
- Standard Days Method
- Lactational Amenorrhea
Method
HEALTH BENEFITS OF
FAMILY PLANNING
A. Benefits to Mothers
-Significant Reduction in Maternal Mortality and Morbidity

• Using an effective FP method reduces maternal deaths by

preventing high risk pregnancies among women who are too
young, too old, or too ill to bear children safely.
• Maternal deaths can be prevented if unwanted pregnancies are
avoided and pregnancies are spaced by at least three years.
• FP prevents closely spaced pregnancies that leads to and
worsen conditions such as anemia and maternal malnutrition
A. Benefits to Mothers
- Non-Contraceptive Health Benefits of Hormonal Contraceptives

Studies show that combined oral contraceptives provide significant

non-contraceptive health benefits. They are known to prevent/reduce
the incidence of the following diseases and conditions:
a. Ectopic pregnancy
b. Ovarian cancer
c. Endometrial cancer
d. Ovarian cysts
e. Benign breast disease
f. Excessive menstrual bleeding and associated anemia
g. Menstrual cramping, pain, and discomfort
- All FP methods help women with HIV avoid pregnancy thus avoid
bearing HIV infected children.
B. Benefits to Infants and Children
-Reduction in Infant and Child Mortality and Morbidity

• Globally, an estimated 14.5 million infants and children under

age five die every year, mainly from respiratory and diarrheal
diseases complicated by malnutrition.
• Recent studies indicate that the lowest risks for fetal death, pre-
term delivery, being undersized for gestational age, neonatal
death, and low birth weight occur when births are spaced from
three to five years (Demographic and Health Surveys, 2002).
B. Benefits to Infants and Children
-Reduction in Infant and Child Mortality and Morbidity

• Properly spaced children at least three years will be given the

love, attention, care and time from mothers and fathers
attending to their growth and development.
• Fewer children in the family will provide more opportunities for
adequate food, clothing, good education, and good health for
the children.
• Breastfeeding can protect infants against diarrheal and other
infectious disease as well as protect mothers from postpartum
hemorrhage.
C. Benefits to Fathers

• Provides fathers who are suffering from chronic illnesses (e.g.

Diabetes, Hypertension) enough time for treatment and
recovery from those illnesses
• Lightens his burdens and responsibilities in supporting his family
since he will only be providing few children he can afford to
support.
• Enables him to give his children a good home, a good
education, and a better future.
• Gives time for his own personal achievement.
• Enables him to have time and opportunity to relate with his wife
and play with his children
ROLE OF HEALTH CARE
PROVIDER IN FP
PROGRAM
 • follow-up visits
ROLE OF • routine or in response to a problem
MIDWIFE/ • in file maintenance
• research
HEALTH CARE • supervision and
PROVIDER • training
THANK YOU!

-PICSON A ND REASOL
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