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Women and Men in Bicol
Region One of the primary concerns of the government is the provision of adequate health services to its people. The health of the citizenry ensures a productive manpower resource that would effect and sustain social land economic development. Particularly, womens reproductive health has been given much focus in the countrys population management program in recent years. The reduction in maternal mortality being one of the targets among the Millennium Development Goals has given this concern added emphasis. Women need special care to make them physically and mentally healthy to perform the critical role of child bearing and rearing aside from being productive partners of men in economic pursuits. In the Bicol Region however, much has still to be done to achieve the goals for womens reproductive health. The region has one of the highest unmet need for family planning, a high percentage of preventable causes of maternal deaths and low access to health facilities and qualified health personnel during delivery. The data for this section were sourced from the National Statistics Office and the Department of Health. List of Tables and Figures |
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