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Ozaki, A., Guadalupe, A., Saquido, A., Gepte, D., Higuchi, A., Morita, T., Tanimoto, T. (2017). Family Planning as a Possible Measure to Alleviate Poverty in the Philippines – Beyond Sociocultural Norms and Pervasive Opposition. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 6(11), 683-684. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.57
Akihiko Ozaki; Angeli Guadalupe; Arra Barrameda Saquido; Diana Francesca Gepte; Asaka Higuchi; Tomohiro Morita; Tetsuya Tanimoto. "Family Planning as a Possible Measure to Alleviate Poverty in the Philippines – Beyond Sociocultural Norms and Pervasive Opposition". International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 6, 11, 2017, 683-684. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.57
Ozaki, A., Guadalupe, A., Saquido, A., Gepte, D., Higuchi, A., Morita, T., Tanimoto, T. (2017). 'Family Planning as a Possible Measure to Alleviate Poverty in the Philippines – Beyond Sociocultural Norms and Pervasive Opposition', International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 6(11), pp. 683-684. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.57
Ozaki, A., Guadalupe, A., Saquido, A., Gepte, D., Higuchi, A., Morita, T., Tanimoto, T. Family Planning as a Possible Measure to Alleviate Poverty in the Philippines – Beyond Sociocultural Norms and Pervasive Opposition. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2017; 6(11): 683-684. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.57

Family Planning as a Possible Measure to Alleviate Poverty in the Philippines – Beyond Sociocultural Norms and Pervasive Opposition

Article 10, Volume 6, Issue 11, November 2017, Page 683-684  XML PDF (283 K)
Document Type: Letter to Editor
DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.57
Authors
Akihiko Ozaki 1, 2; Angeli Guadalupe3; Arra Barrameda Saquido4; Diana Francesca Gepte5; Asaka Higuchi6; Tomohiro Morita7; Tetsuya Tanimoto8
1Department of Surgery, Minamisoma Municipal General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan
2Graduate School of Public Health, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan
3Department of Pediatrics, Brokenshire Memorial Hospital, Davao City, Philippines
4Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of the Philippines Manila, Malate Manila, Philippines
5College of Medicine, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Metro Manila, Philippines
6Department of Hematology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
7Department of Internal Medicine, Soma Central Hospital, Fukushima, Japan
8Department of Internal Medicine, Jyoban Hospital of Tokiwa Foundation, Fukushima, Japan
Keywords
Poverty; Philippines; Rodrigo Duterte; Abortion; Catholic
Main Subjects
Health Policy
Full Text

Dear Editor,

The 16th and current President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, aims to resolve poverty as a critical agenda. Although annual growth rate of the Philippine gross domestic product exceeded 5% since 2012, the estimated proportion of people living below the poverty threshold (2015) was 21.6% (22 million out of 100 million)... (Read more...)

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