PHO advocates family planning for a healthier, better life

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO --- The Pampanga Provincial Health Office (PHO) continuously pursues its advocacy campaign on family planning in line with the government’s efforts to promote maternal and child health care and ensure a better life among the target populace in the province.
According to Sevilla Tangcuangco, nurse IV and family planning coordinator of PHO, the office conducted briefings and orientations among high school and college students and business establishments in the province last August.
Leaflets and other information, education and communication materials were also distributed to the target clientele as part of the health office’s information campaign.
“We encourage married couples to practice family planning and have a maximum of three children,” Tangcuangco said as she stressed that three years of birth spacing helps prevent infant and maternal mortality.
Family planning contributes to the promotion, improvement and maintenance of safe motherhood and child care and development, she added. (Raymond C. Garcia)