RPRH
RPRH
RPRH
Definition of terms
Responsible Parenthood
General Information
Definition of terms
Reproductive Health (RH)
General Information
Definition of terms
Republic Act 10354
General Information
services
The provision of truthful information and education
on RH
The pre-ferential access to the poor and the
marginalized
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from the Senate and the House of Representatives shall monitor and
ensure the effective implementation of the RPRH Law, recommend the
necessary remedial legislation or administrative measures, and shall
conduct a review of the RPRH Act every five (5) yeas from its effectivity.
Operational Structure
Operational Structure
Operational Structure
Operational Structure
Regional Structures
The same structure will be replicated at the different
Operational Structure
DepEd
availed as part of the post-partum component of the Maternal Care Package (MCP)
Oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) can only be availed as part of the post-partum component of the MCP.
FP procedures done during outreach activities, provided that the doctor and the facility are both
PhilHealth-accredited. For mobile teams, PhilHealth will provide reimbursement if the mobile team is
licensed as part of the hospital by the DOH Bureau of Facility Services (BHFS)
Management of complications of RH procedures.
Pop smear is not yet covered by PhilHealth. However, the visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA)
when done in accredited facilities, is covered in the package for cervical cancer and the Primary Care
Benefit (PCB).
The 12 RH Elements
Family planning information and services which shall include as a first priority making
women of reproductive age fully aware of their respective cycles to make them aware of when
fertilization is highly probable, as well as highly improbable;
Maternal, infant and child health and nutrition, including breastfeeding;
Proscription of abortion and management of abortion complications;
Adolescent and youth reproductive health guidance and counseling;
Prevention, treatment and management of reproductive tract infections (RTIs), HIV and
AIDS and other sexually transmittable infections (STIs);
Elimination of violence against women and children and other forms of sexual and genderbased violence;
Education and counseling on sexuality and reproductive health;
Treatment of breast and reproductive tract cancers and other gynecological conditions and
disorders;
Male responsibility and involvement and mens reproductive health;
Prevention, treatment and management of infertility and sexual dysfunction;
Reproductive health education for the adolescents; and
Mental health aspect of reproductive health care.
Critical Issues
(public or
conscientious
conscientious objectors:
Critical issues
RA 10354 finally became implementable when the supreme Court of
the Philippines declared on April 8, 2014 that " the RH law is not
unconstitutional
In its decision, the High Court upheld the core provision of the
RPRH Law, However, the following provision were stuck down full or
Partially:
Section 7, only insofar as it: (a) requires private health facilities, non-maternity
specialty hospitals, and hospitals owned by religious groups to refer patients not in
an emergency or life-threatening situation to another health facility which is
conveniently accessible (b) provides access to family planning and RH services to
minors who have been pregnant or had a miscarriage without a parental consent.
Section 23-A-1, which punishes RH providers, regardless of their religious belief,
who fail or refuse to disseminate information regarding RH services and programs
Section 23-A-2-i, which allows a married individual not in a life-threatening case to
access RH procedures without the consent of the spouse
Critical issues