On February 11, 2022, the Commission on Population and Development Region X alongside the Population Development Section of the City Health Office of Malaybalay City, held a Family Planning Outreach program.
The said activity took place at Barangay Miglamin, this City with 35 Women of reproductive age (WRA) who successfully engaged in Progestin-only Sub-dermal Implant (PSI); one of the ways of the Local Population Program particularly in reducing unmet need for family planning and increasing the contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR).
City implementers regularly conduct activities including caravans and outreach activity in various areas of Malaybalay to enforce the Responsible Parenthood & Reproductive Health (RPRH) Law as a component of the National Socio-Economic agenda and monitor as well as promote the importance of the Family Planning method to the community.
With report by: Marlon L. Cacafranca – Popdev NADA