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English: Republic Act No. 10354 (Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012) PDF file on the Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines website, signed by President Benigno Aquino III on December 21, 2012
The external genitalia is examined first, looking for abnormalities like lesions, ulcers, warts and color changes. The elements of this exam include the vulva, which contains the mons pubis, of which there are two longitudinal folds of skin forming the labia majora; then the labia minora and hair follicles. The clitoral hood is also checked. [12]
Adolescent health creates a major global burden and has a great deal of additional and diverse complications compared to adult reproductive health such as early pregnancy and parenting issues, difficulties accessing contraception and safe abortions, lack of healthcare access, and high rates of HIV, sexually transmitted infections and mental health issues.
Age-appropriate reproductive health and sexuality education is required from grade five to fourth year high school using "life-skills and other approaches." [9] The bill also mandates the Department of Labor and Employment to guarantee the reproductive health rights of its female employees. Companies with fewer than 200 workers are required to ...
A Program of Action (PoA) was developed by the end of the ICPD and was approved and adopted by 179 countries. [12] The PoA affirmed sexual and reproductive health as a universal human right and outlined global goals and objectives for improving reproductive heath based around central themes of free choice, women's empowerment, and viewing ...
Women’s reproductive mental health focuses on mental health issues that are experienced on account of or exacerbated by transitions in female reproductive cycles. [18] This field is a subset of women's mental health, which includes mental health issues faced by women at all points in their life.
Sexual reproduction is a type of reproduction that involves a complex life cycle in which a gamete (haploid reproductive cells, such as a sperm or egg cell) with a single set of chromosomes combines with another gamete to produce a zygote that develops into an organism composed of cells with two sets of chromosomes . [1]
The cycle is approximately twenty-eight days long, with a fertile period of five days per cycle, but can deviate greatly from this norm. Men are fertile continuously, but their sperm quality is affected by their health, frequency of ejaculation, and environmental factors. [25] Fertility declines with age in both sexes.