DOST-NRCP project on teenage pregnancy used as inputs to House Bill 4742 (Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Act of 2017)

Teenage pregnancy now a national emergency.

The Commission on Population and Development (PopCom) has requested President Rodrigo R. Duterte for the issuance of an executive order declaring teenage pregnancy as a national emergency as incidence rates disturbingly rises.

Teenage pregnancies is now one of the major national problems concerning the children and youth. While adolescent pregnancy rates in most countries are declining, the figures are growing in the Philippines.

According to PopCom Executive Director Juan Antonio Perez III on October 23, teenage pregnancy significantly contributes to economic losses in the country with 33 Billion pesos losses.

In his report, about 1.2 million children are having their own children yearly, with 30,000 young mothers who have experienced repeated pregnancies.

The DOST-NRCP project on teenage pregnancy during disasters

The Department of Science and Technology-National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP), had actually collaborated with the PopCom in 2017 through a research project that explored the links and external factors of incidence of teenage pregnancies after Supertyphoon Haiyan/Yolanda and Typhoon Ruby in the case of Eastern Visayas. The study led by Prof. Gloria Luz Nelson, DOST-NRCP member, used the study results in designing programs for teenagers during disasters.

Details: Written by Jenny Leigh A. Daquioag; Published: 13 November 2019; Hits: 2788

DOST-NRCP Luzon Policy Forum

Are we breathing clean air in MM?

This was the question of Dr. Preciosa Corazon Pabroa, a Member of the DOST-National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) when she presented her study during the National Research and Development Conference in April. To emphasize further the importance of clean air, she added that humans can survive three (3) weeks without food, 3 days without water, but only 3 minutes without air.

Details: Written by Jenny Leigh A. Daquioag; Published: 22 October 2019; Hits: 2403

DOST-NRCP research symposium gives limelight to good microbes and lifelines

Six (6) projects on microbes, clean water and clean energy of the Department of Science and Technology-National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP) will be featured in the 3rd Basic Research Symposium (BRS) on October 30, 2019 at the Manila Hotel.

Details: Written by Jenny Leigh A. Daquioag; Published: 22 October 2019; Hits: 1315

NRCP now accepts nominations for 2019 NRCP Awards

The National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) is now accepting nominations for its prestigious annual awards – the NRCP Achievement Award, the Outstanding Institution Award, and the NRCP Member Emeritus Award.