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• Seventeen heads of State Including the Philippine president signed the United Nations Declaration on Population. 


  1967
• 1970


  The Philippine Population Program was officially launched through the EO no. 233.
• POPCOM

  Commission on Population
• Commision on Population (POPCOM) 


  Mandated to serve the central coordinating and policy making body of the government in the field of population.
• 1971


  Republic Act 6365, known as Population Act of Philippines was enacted into law by Congress.
• 1972


  P.D 79 was signed directing public and private sectors to undertake a National Family Planning Program which respects the religious beliefs and values of individuals.
• 1975


  Presidential Decree 166 further strengthened the program. It required the participation of private organizations and individuals in the implementation of population programs and policies.
• 1986


  EO No. 123 attached POPCOM to the DSWD, as the planning and coordinating agency.
• 1987


  "The Ultimate goal of the population program is the improvement of the quality of human life in a just and humane society...." Aquino administration
• 1990


  EO. No. 408, was issued placing POPCOM under the office of the president in order to "facilitate coordination of policies and programs relative to population."
• 1991


  EO No. 476 issued making POPCOM an attached agency of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)
• 1993


  Adoption of the Philippine Population Management Program and the POPULATION, Resources and Environment Framework (PPMPPREF) by the Ramos Administration.
• 1999


  The Estrada administration reformulated the Philippine Management Program with Responsible Parenthood as its lynchpin.
• 2003


  On March 24, 2003,President Gloria Macapagal-Aroyo issued EO no. 188 attaching POPCOM to the Department of Health.
• 2005


  President Gloria Macapagal-Aroyo joined " the community of nations in expressing support for the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD)"
• 4 principles (RRBI)

  Responsible Parenthood

  Respect for life

  Birth spacing

  Informed choice
• 2006


  On October 10, 2006, President Gloria Macapagal-Aroyo issued guidelines and directive for the DOH, POPCOM, and LGU to take full charge of the implementation of the Responsible Parenthood and Family Planning Program.