Regional News with POPCOM regional office of the Philippine Population providing supervisory and monetary Management Program (PPMP) and the assistance. National Program on Family Planning (NPPFP), POPCOM will mobilize POPCOM-Caraga continues to Local Government Units (LGUs) by provide technical and logistical support operationalizing its major program to LGUs in making demand generation thrusts at the grassroots. and service delivery, particularly among women with unmet needs on modern This new scheme covers family planning from poor households POPCOM’s thrusts from 2020 to 2022. and communities. It is set to roll out in the succeeding meetings and conferences that will This forms part of the continuing involve its stakeholders. (POPCOM effort to intensify the implementation Caraga/PIA Caraga)
POPCOM Caraga, LGUs target livelihood programs for women, children
BUTUAN CITY - Per directive of the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM), population officers and workers of the provinces, cities, and municipalities in Caraga region are to concentrate all their efforts and resources on bettering the lives of women, children, and adolescents. The major transition is expected to contribute to POPCOM’s Philippine Population Management Program (PPMP) targets that involve enabling couples and individuals to plan their number of children in the context of responsible parenthood; preventing early and repeated pregnancy among adolescents; and enabling sectors, regional and local government agencies to integrate population factors and dynamics in development interventions.
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Caraga Infocus
Carrying over the programs under Responsible Parenthood and Family Planning (RP-FP), Adolescent Health and Development (AHD), and Population and Development (POPDEV), the integration entails that local population offices in the region will administer programs and activities with POPCOM regional office providing supervisory and monetary assistance. In addition, the agency continues to work on operationalizing its major
February 1-7, 2020
