{"id":279652,"date":"2020-12-24T05:19:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T10:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=279652"},"modified":"2025-01-10T07:10:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T12:10:42","slug":"popcom-usaid-partner-on-family-planning-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/12\/24\/popcom-usaid-partner-on-family-planning-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"PopCom, USAID partner on family planning drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_279653\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-279653\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/131621150_178049410682130_7586571661315372365_o.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-279653\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/131621150_178049410682130_7586571661315372365_o.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/131621150_178049410682130_7586571661315372365_o.png 1080w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/131621150_178049410682130_7586571661315372365_o-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/131621150_178049410682130_7586571661315372365_o-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/131621150_178049410682130_7586571661315372365_o-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/131621150_178049410682130_7586571661315372365_o-1024x1024.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-279653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Para sa mga lalake dyan, natamaan ba kayo? Kung hindi pa kayo ready to have a child for now, always make sure na protektado kayong dalawa ng partner mo. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ItsOKToDelay\/photos\/a.138494861304252\/178049407348797\/\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ItsOKToDelay\/\">It&#8217;s OK To Delay\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Commission of Population and Development (PopCom) and the United States Agency for International Development (Usaid) on Thursday encouraged Filipinos to set their goals on educational and economic projects before raising their own family.<\/p>\n<p>In a message to Philippine News Agency, PopCom said through a social media campaign \u201cIt\u2019s OK to Delay!,\u201d Filipinos especially the youth can have a variety of goals such as finishing school, getting a promotion at work, or owning a house that they can achieve before looking to have a child.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy lipitor online <a href=\"http:\/\/healthdirectionsinc.com\/images\/png\/lipitor.html\">http:\/\/healthdirectionsinc.com\/images\/png\/lipitor.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor this, we designed a friendly approach to educate young people that they have family planning options, and that it is their right to be aware of the current methods being practiced,\u201d Popcom chief Juan Antonio Perez III said.<\/p>\n<p>A quick scroll in the \u201cIt\u2019s OK to Delay\u201d Facebook page showcases the different scenarios in a traditional Filipino family setting where young Filipinos are coerced to start a family and have a child.<\/p>\n<p>In one of the episodes, an older member of the family told a young couple that it is practical to have more children so they can maximize their SSS benefits and that the more child you have, the merrier you will be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Sa dami ng bayarin at mga hanash ngayon, mas maganda na maliit ang pamilya. Kontrolado nyo ang buhay nyo<\/em>\u00a0(There are a lot of bills to pay these days, it is better to create a smaller family so you have more control of your life),\u201d another family member said in the episode.<\/p>\n<p>Perez said they made the campaign more fun and comprehensive for their target audience, who are usually receptive to \u2018lighter\u2019 contents.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign also introduces the various contraception methods available in the market as well as its particular uses.<\/p>\n<p>While there is still no data on the pregnancy rate in 2020, PopCom said it believes the figure has increased due to the length of the community quarantine.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy rybelsus online <a href=\"http:\/\/healthdirectionsinc.com\/images\/png\/rybelsus.html\">http:\/\/healthdirectionsinc.com\/images\/png\/rybelsus.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>However, PopCom said it is banking on the various promotions initiated during this period to disseminate the necessary information.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy chloroquine online <a href=\"http:\/\/healthdirectionsinc.com\/images\/png\/chloroquine.html\">http:\/\/healthdirectionsinc.com\/images\/png\/chloroquine.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In a statement, USAID chief Michelle Lang-Alli said the campaign introduces family planning methods that will give its viewers and readers peace of mind while they are pursuing personal goals until they are ready to have a newborn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYoung adults 18 to 30 years old are not traditionally reached by family planning demand-generation activities,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The Commission of Population and Development (PopCom) and the United States Agency for International Development (Usaid) on Thursday encouraged &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":279653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-279652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-christine-cudis","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279652"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282177,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279652\/revisions\/282177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}