FEATURES
December 2020 Issue
NEWS
FPOP Iloilo responds to sexual and reproductive health concerns through youRHotline
written by Nadim Lumubos and Crissar Joy Mundin
The official hotline of the Family Planning Organization of the Philippines (FPOP), youRHotline, was launched to cater for sexual and reproductive health (SRH) concerns. It is a safe and open space aimed at providing humane care to all. As the COVID-19 pandemic hits the Philippines, sexual and reproductive health services were stalled, due to community quarantine which prohibits non-essential workers to leave their residence.
women to experience IPV. youRHotline, as a response to the community quarantine-induced services reduction on SRH, is an adolescent-friendly hotline service that offers SRH information and consultation available on different platforms. It offers a wide range of services such as general check-up, gynecological consultation, information on contraception (types of contraceptives available, correct usage, etc.), information on Sexually Transmitted Infection and prevention, HIV and AIDS and prevention, Pregnancy Care, and Counselling for victims of Gender-based Violence. These services are also supported by the mobile clinic conducted right at the heart of the community where Doctors, Nurses and Midwives are always available to answer your needs.
According to the University of the Philippines Population Institute, the unmet need for family planning increased by 67% due to community quarantine-induced service reduction hence an additional 218,000 women age 15-49 with an unmet need for family planning every month of the quar- To date, youRHotline services are availantine. able nationwide. You may avail of SRH services wherever you are by contacting The Commission on Population also youRHotline social media platforms (Faceshowed that there will be an addition- book, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr) at @ al 700,000 expected babies to be born youRHotline.PH or visit Facebook Page, in 2021 due to unintended pregnancies. FPOP Your Hotline Philippines at www. Maternal mortality also increases with an facebook.com/yourhotline.pg, or call estimated 60 maternal death every month through the youRHotline mobile numbers of quarantine. Further, as the quarantine at +63 996 988 8826 or 0918-673-1111 forced people to stay at home, the inci- for SRH Concerns, 0918-673-4444 for the dent of intimate partner violence (IPV) Post Abortion Care Hotline and Violence also increases during these times. Data prevention hotline at 0996-988-8826. You shows that every month under the quar- can also email your concerns at fpopyourantine, there were an additional 12,100 hotline@gmail.com.
Mental health is not a destination, but a process. It’s about how you drive, not where you’re going. Noam Shpancer
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