Philippines

Date established 1990
Services offered Family planning; HIV/STIs; health screening; male circumcision; maternal health; young people; advocacy
Number of clinics 12
Outreach / mobile services Yes
Major partners The Philippines Government
Major donors UK Department for International Development (DFID); European Commission; British Embassy in Manila; the David & Lucile Packard Foundation; Direct Relief International
Contact details Population Services Pilipinas Inc
2015 Gil Puyat Avenue
Pasay City 1300
Metro Manilla
Philippines

Telephone: + 63 283 128 76
Email: bod@pspi.org

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Highlights

  • established the BlueStar social franchise network in 2008, which now has 128 franchisees
  • the only organisation in the Philippines that provides accessible high quality sexual and reproductive health services throughout the country
  • effectively worked with 70 local government units to gain recognition and inclusion of adolescent sexual and reproductive health issues, education, and services in the legislative agenda.
Publications
Scaling up the delivery of rural services in the Philippines
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Virgilio Pernito, Erica Nelson and Stefanie Wallach
16/01/2009, PDF, 466KB
Despite trying to encourage “responsible parenthood and family planning” nationwide, family planning advocates have faced a numerous barriers in the Philippines.
Categories: Contraception, Philippines, Research

128 

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BlueStar social franchisees

134,060

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Clients served in 2008

MSI future plans


  • intensify promotion of long term and permanent family planning methods
  • improve access to all services through achieving a presence in at least 75% of local government units.

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