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Is a little knowledge a dangerous thing?


The Catholic Church says yes — when it comes to sex education.


The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) expressed alarm yesterday over the sex education program of the Department of Education (DepEd) that will be taught to high school students starting this year.


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Dr. Zahidul Huque, country representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), said it is "naïve" to think that health care is not a political issue and that the budget needed to improve the system can be acquired through "political lobbying."


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Sinabi ni Akbayan Rep. Mario "Mayong" Aguja, malaki ang maitutulong ng P1.1 milyong halaga ng condom na maaaring ibigay sa mag-asawang nais magplano ng kanilang pamilya.


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                    [Title] => RP women get sick more often than men
                    [Summary] => Filipino women live longer than men but they tend to get sick more often, an expert said yesterday.


Dr. Junice Lirza Margal, executive director of Linangan ng Kababaihan Inc. (Likhaan), said the biological makeup of women gives them a longer life expectancy compared to men.


"Women, in general, have longer life expectancy. It’s natural, you can’t do anything about that," she told a press briefing held in observance of World Population Day.


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According to Dr. Ofelia Monzon, former president of the AIDS Society of the Philippines, the government’s HIV/AIDS surveillance system has been focused primarily on commercial sex workers and does not sufficiently cover overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).


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Dr. Zahidul Huque, head of the UN Theme Group on HIV/AIDS, said they could not understand how HIV prevalence remains low in the Philippines "when the ingredients for an epidemic explosion are present in the country."


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DepEd’s ‘sex ed’ alarms CBCP

By Edu Punay | June 10, 2006 - 12:00am

Is a little knowledge a dangerous thing? The Catholic Church says yes — when it comes to sex education. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) expressed alarm yesterday over the...

News Commentary

UNICEF country rep suggests lobbying for bigger health budget

By Sheila Crisostomo | May 30, 2006 - 12:00am

While the term "lobbying" carries a negative connotation, an expert said yesterday that this practice is needed to increase the country’s budget for health care. Dr. Zahidul Huque, country representative...

Headlines

EDITORYAL - Paglobo ng populasyon bigyang prayoridad

May 7, 2006 - 12:00am

ANG populasyon ng Pilipinas ay tinatayang nasa 87,857,473 na at patuloy pa sa pagdami. Parang may pabrika ng bata sa Pilipinas. At sa nangyayaring ito, walang epektibong hakbang na ginagawa ang pamahalaan kung paano...

PSN Opinyon

P1.1-M condom sa Pinas

August 21, 2005 - 12:00am

Nakatakdang padalhan ng United Nations Population Fund (UNPF) ng $20,000 o P1.1 milyong halaga ng condom ang Pilipinas bilang pagtupad sa pangakong tumulong sa problema ng lumalaking populasyon ng bansa na naisasantabi...

Bansa

RP women get sick more often than men

By Sheila Crisostomo | July 12, 2005 - 12:00am

Filipino women live longer than men but they tend to get sick more often, an expert said yesterday. Dr. Junice Lirza Margal, executive director of Linangan ng Kababaihan Inc. (Likhaan), said the biological makeup...

Headlines

RP’s AIDS statistics not accurate due to gaps in surveillance system — expert

By Sheila Crisostomo | June 15, 2003 - 12:00am

A local expert in the Human Immuno-deficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) lamented over the weekend that gaps in the government’s surveillance system assail the accuracy of official...

Headlines

UN agency to review RP surveillance system vs HIV, AIDS

By Sheila Crisostomo | June 7, 2003 - 12:00am

The Joint United Nations Program on Human Immuno Deficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) will review the Philippines’ surveillance system and policy data on the disease to validate the...

Nation