[HOW TO] Avoid Pregnancies: Implanon®, A New Innovation in Contraceptive Methods in the Philippines

Hormonal Contraceptive Implant

›       In the Philippines, adolescent fertility rate is moderate at 44.4 reported births per 1,000 women aged 15–19 years.

Most of the early and adolescent pregnancies occur in young Filipino women in the ages of 15-19.

Between the years 2000 - 2010, the National Statistics Office reported a 65% increase in adolescent and early pregnancies.

28.7% of adolescents age 15-19 use contraceptives. 19.8% of the 28.7% uses modern methods of contraception whereas 8.8% uses traditional methods.Source: 2006 Family Planning Survey (FPS), DOH (Philippine Health Statistics 2009)

Injectables (DMPA) and pills are widely used in the country of many women to control and plan for their families. How about implants? Do you hear any about of these? Do you experience painful menstruation? Or do you want to change your daily routine taking pills? Let’s find out how this implant may help you.

Tension and Trauma Release Exercise, First in the Philippines: “A Post-Catastrophe Program”

Muscle Shaking! Another Stress Reliever!

Trauma and Tension Release Exercise

Did you ever experience trauma, tension, social-violence, losses of your love ones, and stress? Yes, of course, each one of us experiencing stress in daily life situation.  

PSORHN and HHCL members together with Dr. Michael Manginelli
L-R: Andrei dela cruz, Lino Blanco, Sarah Ubalde, Dr. Mike Manginelli, Erick Bernardo & Jef Villamin. 

Philippine Society of Sexual & Reproductive Health Nurses (PSORHN) and Helping-Hand Central Luzon (HHCL) are lucky enough to joined this first ever Trauma and Tension Release Exercises (TRE) last January 29 – 31, a 3-day training for the trainers first batch held at OCCI, Emerald Building, Ortigas Center Pasig City. This training was initiated by Human Care Development to train trainers in order to reach the Typhoon Haiyan, Bohol Earthquake survivors and Zamboanga Crisis.

Sex: One of the Physiological Needs under Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.

Physiological needs are the physical requirements for human survival. If these requirements are not met, the human body cannot function properly and will ultimately fail. Physiological needs are thought to be the most important; they should be met first.

Air, water, and food are metabolic requirements for survival in all animals, including humans. Clothing and shelter provide necessary protection from the elements. While maintaining an adequate birth rate shapes the intensity of the human sexual instinct, sexual competition may also shape said instinct. (Wikipedia)

7th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR)

PRESS RELEASE: Mulat Pinoy-KNN to cover 7th APCRSHR

The 7th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR) will be taking place in the Philippines on January 21-24, 2014 at the Philippine International Convention Center. Mulat Pinoy-Kabataan News Network will be present at the conference as part of its social media coverage committee, producing material from the event's activities for posting in online venues.

The APCRSHR is an international conference that discusses critical issues affecting sexual and reproductive health concerns, particularly in national contexts across the Asia-Pacific region. The conference theme of “Examining achievements, good practices and challenges: towards a strategic positioning of SRHR for all” is in line with Mulat Pinoy-KNN's continuing vision to help expand public awareness regarding issues relevant to young people.

By having its reporters and video teams present during the conference, the conference's social media coverage committee intends to supplement the broader coverage of established media outlets. Photos, articles and video interviews are intended to be among the coverage materials produced and shared online. “Social media is everywhere now,” explains Mulat Pinoy-KNN's editorial coordinator, Dante Gagelonia. “We should always recognize the value of delivering credible information to as many venues as possible, especially online. Since not everyone can physically attend the conference, we want to be able to help disseminate its key points and messages through social networks, in the hopes of reaching more people.”

Mulat Pinoy-Kabataan News Network is a population and development awareness project of the Probe Media Foundation, Incorporated (PMFI). The Mulat Pinoy project was created in 2009 to help deliver research-based information to the public through online engagement and corresponding offline events, and it has since evolved to focus on issues relevant to the youth, eventually combining with Kabataan News Network (KNN), a related project of PMFI. The Probe Media Foundation, in turn, is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of media in the Philippines and the Asia-Pacific region through training of professional and aspiring media practitioners.

Facebook: facebook.com/7thAPCRSHR 

Twitter: @7thAPCRSHR

Blog: http://7thapcrshr.wordpress.com/ 

Hashtag: #7APCRSHR

For more information, please contact:

Regina Layug Rosero, Project Coordinator

regina@mulatpinoy.ph

Theme: "Examining achievements, good practices and challenges: Towards a strategic positioning of SRHR for all young people."

After Shock! Bohol Experience

"Volunteering can be an exciting, growing, enjoyable experience. It is truly gratifying to serve a cause, practice one's ideals, work with people, solve problems, see benefits, and know one had a hand in them".  --Harriet Naylor 

The team inside the Villamor Air Base Departure Area

The Early Birds