00:00In celebration of Family Planning Awareness Month, the Commission on Population and Development urged couples to keep their communications on and up on responsible parenthood and family planning.
00:10This heightened communication campaign the CPD preaches seeks to build on the gains and up the numbers on families adopting modern and responsible contraception to stave off unwanted pregnancies.
00:22Some 9 million females have been documented to have used modern family planning methods last year, along with 42 percent of couples admitting their adoption of family planning schemes.
00:33Even more so, a multi-government agency drive in collaboration with LGUs is stepping up efforts to slash teen or juvenile pregnancies nationwide.
00:42Likewise, a website has been set up, www.malayaako.ph, to properly educate minors and teens on the rudiments of sex.
