Committee on Youth Health announces Month-Long Advocacy on the Prevention of Teen Pregnancy at the Local Health Board of GenSan

Wednesday, June 25, 2014, Alfie Q. Agang, Chairperson of Committee on Youth Health of Gensan Youth Network, attended the Local Health Board Meeting conducted at GSC Hospital Conference Hall. The meeting was called to discuss and address health-related problems in the entire city of Gensan and how government and concerned agencies will provide concrete programs and services that effectively and efficiently aid those identified societal issues and problems particularly the alarming incidence of early pregnancy cases.

As such, the City Population Management Office (CPMO) presented the “Incidence of Early/Teen Pregnancy Cases in Gensan" that called the attention of the members of the Local Health Board due to the fact that early and unplanned pregnancies among young girls are increasing exponentially. The exponential growth of the cases of teen pregnancy is alarming because the presented data have recorded young mothers and fathers who become parents at age of 13.

Moreover, higher pregnancy cases are recorded from urban barangays like Labangal, Fatima, Calumpang, and Apopong. As enumerated in the data, young girls who became pregnant are residing domestically. More so, the data highlights the significance that the government and concerned agencies will create immediate programs and services that can truly reduce the high percentage of teen pregnancy in the city.

With this, Committee on Youth Health announces the forthcoming Month Long Advocacy on the Prevention of Teen Pregnancy this October to Local Health Board to help Local Government Unit in addressing and combating the problems of teen pregnancy.  This event is also aiming to raise awareness and to provide vital information to young generals that will genuinely help them pave a road to better quality of life or standard quality of life.

"We will be conducting series of meetings to those various concerned agencies to finalize the conduct of the event, and also, pulling and asking their supports to make the forthcoming Month Long Advocacy on the Prevention of Teen Pregnancy possible,” Agang said.

The Local Health Board meeting ended successfully and positively with the collaborative and collectivize supports and efforts of the panel and concerned individuals and institutions.