TEENAGE PREGNANCY Society and Culture with

Family Planning
AND HIV IN THE PHILIPPINES
 TEENAGE PREGNANCY
Teenage pregnancy is the condition of being pregnant of adolescence aged 10
to 19. Those who are affected are the girl herself up to the national society.
The victims of teenage pregnancy are the girl herself, her child, her parents
and relatives and the national society as a whole.
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• THE PHILIPPINES HAS one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the
world. Every hour, 24 babies are born to teenage mothers; that’s 500 every
day
• 2/3 of Filipinos, who give birth before age 20, belongs to the low
class society
• 8 percent among 1.7 million babies born in 2004 were born to
mothers 15-19 years old
• 10 percent of the born babies from young mothers are
malnourished.
• 2 of every 5 teenage pregnancies are unwanted ones.

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TEEN MOMS
Increasing and getting younger

BABIES 15-19 YEARS OLD BELOW 15 YEARS OLD

2ND BABY 18,452 50

3RD BABY 2815 12

4TH BABY 302

5TH BABY 60

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SOCIAL FACTORS
• The immature and irresponsible behavior arising due to complex
teenage psychology is another important cause of teenage
pregnancies.
• Lack of sexual education causes teens to get abortions as they
ultimately realize their inability to bear the responsibilities of
being a parent at such a young age.
• The lack of attention and affection from family resulting in
depression forces them to seek love and support from other
people, especially members of the opposite sex.
• Overprotection gives rise to frustration and a feeling of not being
loved and cared for. Thus, balance is the key to avoid this
problem. Lack of affectionate supervision.

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 HIV CASES IN THE PHILIPPINES
HIV is a virus that attacks the immune system, which is our body’s natural
defence against illness. The virus destroys a type of white blood cell in the
immune system called a T-helper cell, and makes copies of itself inside these
cells. T-helper cells are also referred to as CD4 cells..

• The Philippines has registered the fastest-growing HIV/AIDS epidemic in

the Asia-Pacific in the past six years with a 140-percent increase in the
number of new infections
• as of August 2017, there were 46,985 Filipinos infected with the
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) up from 4,300 in 2010
• 83 percent of new HIV cases occurred among males who have sex
with males and transgender women who have sex with males.
• Two out of three new HIV infections were among 15 to 24 year-
old men, who she said have insufficient awareness of HIV, its
symptoms and treatment.
• 2 of every 5 teenage pregnancies are unwanted ones.
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• HIV in the Philippines is a “youth epidemic." Seven out ten or
about 68% of new HIV infections are among young men or
transgender women who have sex with men are 15 to 24 years
old.
• An increasing number of pregnant women are being diagnosed as
HIV+. In 2012, there was one reported case of a pregnant woman
diagnosed with HIV pers month. In 2016, this number grew to 5
cases per month. Most of these women were infected by their
partner who engages in risky behavior like having multiple sex
partners or sharing infected needles.
• In many countries, the virus has plateaued to manageable levels or
has gone down.

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FACTS

HIV is transmissible through HIV is NOT transmissible through

• Blood • Sweat
• Semen • Saliva
• Vaginal Fluids • Urine
• Anal Fluids • Touching
• Breast milk • Airborne

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 Practice
SAFE SEX
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