Manila, Nov. 13 -- The Philippine government has reinforced its international commitments to improve programs in reproductive health in the country, and presented the milestones and policies already in place leading to real outcomes.
"We are one with the world in renewing with rigor our commitments to the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action and the Sustainable Development Agenda," Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia, who heads the Philippine delegation, said in the opening of the statement of commitment for the ICPD Summit in Nairobi, Kenya on Wednesday.
"This is in line with our efforts to realize the aspirations of the Filipino people of a stable, peaceful, secure, and comfortabl...