CEBU CITY, Philippines — An officer from the Commission on Population and Development in Central Visayas (POPCOM-7) has identified the two barangays here that logged high number of teenage pregnancy cases. Ba... CDNDigital
Barangay Inayawan and Barangay Mambaling have the highest number of teenage pregnancy cases in Cebu City as of 2022, according to Maria Lourdes Garillos, population program officer of POPCOM-7.
Among the highly urbanized cities in Central Visayas, she said that Cebu City has the highest number of teenage pregnancies. “Because this is what we call ‘too young, too risky, and too soon,’ they are not ready ang ilahang reproductive health and even so ang ilahang future. Vague kaayo ilahang future. They are still in school. Unya prone kaayo sila for maternal and infant mortality ing ani nga mga kaso,” she added.However, based on monitoring from the regional office, she identified several factors that might contribute to teenage pregnancy.
In other words, early pregnancy occurs when both parties do not have an idea of what might happen and they do not use contraceptives. “Naa tay ladderized trainings level 1 to 4 where we train our young adolescents to become peer educators. There’s the aspect of listening,” she said. “Instead nga they go to the activities like liga-liga, pa rampa-rampa, mas nindot kung dunay advocacy aspect nga advocating towards making known what is teenage pregnancy, makatabang pa,” she added.They also have a partnership with the Department of Education where they do “heart to heart” talks in the schools.
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