International Journal of Health Policy and Management

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Family Planning as a Possible Measure to Alleviate Poverty in the Philippines – Beyond Sociocultural Norms and Pervasive Opposition

Document Type : Letter to Editor

Authors
Akihiko Ozaki 1, 2
Angeli Guadalupe 3
Arra Barrameda Saquido 4
Diana Francesca Gepte 5
Asaka Higuchi 6
Tomohiro Morita 7
Tetsuya Tanimoto 8
1 Department of Surgery, Minamisoma Municipal General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan
2 Graduate School of Public Health, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan
3 Department of Pediatrics, Brokenshire Memorial Hospital, Davao City, Philippines
4 Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of the Philippines Manila, Malate Manila, Philippines
5 College of Medicine, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Metro Manila, Philippines
6 Department of Hematology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
7 Department of Internal Medicine, Soma Central Hospital, Fukushima, Japan
8 Department of Internal Medicine, Jyoban Hospital of Tokiwa Foundation, Fukushima, Japan
10.15171/ijhpm.2017.57
Keywords
Poverty
Philippines
Rodrigo Duterte
Abortion
Catholic
Subjects

Dear Editor,

The 16th and current President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, aims to resolve poverty as a critical agenda. Although annual growth rate of the Philippine gross domestic product exceeded 5% since 2012, the estimated proportion of people living below the poverty threshold (2015) was 21.6% (22 million out of 100 million)... (Read more...)

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International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Volume 6, Issue 11
2017
Pages 683-684

  • Received Date 04 March 2017
  • Revised Date 04 May 2017
  • Accepted Date 06 May 2017
  • First Published Date 01 November 2017
  • Published Date 01 November 2017