National Multisectoral Governance Challenges of Implementing the Philippines' Reproductive Health Law

• Main Authors: Siy Van, Vanessa T, Uy, Jhanna, Bagas, Joy, Ulep, Valerie Gilbert T
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: Philippines; Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law; multi-sectoral governance; decentralization; civil society organizations; Health Law and Policy; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/hs-faculty-pubs/10; https://academic.oup.com/heapol/advance-article/doi/10.1093/heapol/czab092/6338609
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

In recognition of the role of reproductive health in individual and national development; the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RPRH) Law of 2012 was passed in the Philippines after 30 years of opposition and debate. Seven years later; this article examined the cohesiveness of national...