RePaIR Federation

Responsible Parenting Initiative

and Role-building Federation

Presented By:
Jane A. Abaleta, RN
Modern day issues
• Health security

• Women's rights and

reproductive health
 Reproductive health

• “Health is a state of
complete physical, mental
and social well-being and
not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity” -
World Health Organization
 GLOBAL STATISTICS
• 25% of maternal deaths could be
averted if all women wishing to
avoid pregnancy

• 85% of sexually active women

are at risk of getting pregnant

• 87,000 women worldwide

become pregnant unintentionally
because of underuse of modern
contraceptives.
Philippines
• About 44% of women are
pregnant ages 20-24 years
old

• One in ten young Filipino

women age 15-19 has
begun childbearing: 8
percent are already
mothers and another 2
percent are pregnant with
their first child
 ABORTION
• is the ending of a pregnancy
by removal or expulsion of
an embryo or fetus

• pregnancy termination prior

to 20 weeks' gestation or a
fetus born weighing less
than 500 g. Despite this,
definitions vary
widely according to state
laws."
 STATISTICAL SURVEY
• there are an estimated 40-
50 million abortions every
year
 STATISTICAL SURVEY
• Between 2015 and 2019
• there is an annual average
of 73.3 million induced
abortions worldwide
• 39 induced abortions per
1000 women aged between
15–49 years
• 3 out of 10 (29%) of all
pregnancies
• 6 out of 10 (61%) of all
unintended pregnancies
 Who We Are
RePaIR Federation
Responsible Parenting
Initiative
and Role-building
Federation
 Vision Mission
• To successfully assist • Guided by the Universal
Filipino women in attaining Healthcare Frame of the
optimum level of Department of Health, the
sustainable maternal RePaIR Federation is
health committed to provide
educational and financial
assistance for access to
appropriate information
and highly responsive
maternal health services
 OBJECTIVES
• Promote maternal health • Conducts researches to
through proper family continuously update and
planning and responsible upgrade maternal health
parenthood services and to become
highly responsive with the
• Provide awareness possible future challenges
campaign on abortion to
eradicate social stigma
and misconceptions
 PROGRAM TIME FRAME
• Family Planning • Targeted Audience based
Awareness Campaign on the statistical survey of
high incidence of maternal
death rate

• One to Three Months per

municipality
 RESOURCES
• Money: Funded by USAID
• Manpower: Program
Managers, Project-based staff,
volunteers, City Health
Workers (CHWs) and
Barangay Health Workers
(BHWs)
• Materials: Infographics, flyers,
posters, teaching aids
EXPECTED OUTCOME
• -attainment of optimum
maternal health
• -responsible parenthood
• -eradicate stigma about
abortion
• -awareness on the
benefits and risks of family
planning