Iloilo City, July 31 -- The Commission on Population and Development (CPD) sounded the alarm over increasing pregnancy among adolescents, particularly below 15 years old, impacting not only their health but also education.

CPD Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation Division Chief Mylin Mirasol Quiray, during the Visayas Media Conference hosted by the Department of Health (DOH) in Iloilo, said the number of registered live births among very young adolescents aged 0-14 has generally increased from 2019 to 2023.

"The fact that it is increasing is very alarming," she said on Wednesday afternoon.

Citing data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), she said one in 10 babies was born to an adolescent mother in 2023.

But while the live ...