The U.N. Populace Fund points out the Philippines is the just nation in the Asia Pacific area where the price of teen pregnancies flower over the last 2 decades.
A study points out teen pregnancies, higher young people unemployment after that the sluggish decrease of the general fertility price in the Philippines might deprive the nation of the quicker economic development who typically comes from having actually much more working-time people compared to more youthful after that older dependents.
UNFPA nation agent Klaus Beck pointed out Tuesday who Filipino girls aged 15 to 19 comprise 10 percent of the Populace of one hundred million, after that one from 10 of them have actually currently provided birth.
He emphasized the urgency of totally implementing the reproductive good health rule after that investing in high quality education and learning after that good health programs with regard to teenage girls.
