Capacity building on FP service delivery. DOH, with support from USAID/ReachHealth Project, facilitated Level 1 and 2 FP CompetencyBased Trainings (FPCBT) for public and private hospitals, RHUs, and public and private lying-in clinics. A total of 496 health service providers were trained, of which 224 health service providers were from government facilities, while 40 were from private hospitals and lying-in clinics. A total of 125 HSPs were trained in PSI insertion and removal and 21 health service providers underwent NPPFP/postpartum intrauterine device (PPIUD) training. DOH and USAID/ReachHealth also conducted a posttraining evaluation prior to issuing a certificate of competency for 21 PSI-trained HSPs and 25 previously trained PSI HSPs. All were found competent and were endorsed for certification to the concerned CHD. Private Sector Partnership for Family Planning: Strengthening the RPFP in the Workplace. POPCOM, through the RPFP for Labor Force Empowerment (RPFP4LFE) initiative, organized a series of activities aimed at improving workers’ access to RPFP information and services. During the reporting period, POPCOM trained staff of DOLE regional offices and attached agencies on RPFP. In partnership with UNFPA, POPCOM also trained human resource officers and nurses from big companies in Regions III, IVA, IX and XI on how to establish their own company Family Planning and Welfare Clinic and come up with policy to strengthen their family planning program. Challenges and Recommendations Challenges 1. Issues in data quality for FHSIS and other reporting and monitoring system need to be addressed. Heavy workload and complicated tools are underlying factors for the weak capacity for data gathering and data validation. 2. Based on the NDHS, health concerns and fear of side effects remain as the most common reasons for non-acceptance and dropping out of an FP method, respectively. There is a need to review and re-design demand generation activities to address such barriers through appropriate social and behaviour change communication approaches. 3. There is a need to strengthen the coordination among PSCM stakeholders; strengthen institutional and human resource capacity at the central, regional, and LGU levels to manage PSCM functions; streamline and harmonize supply chain information systems; establish a data-use culture; and synchronize demand and supply systems contribute to these challenges. Also during the reporting period, several POPCOM Regional Offices initiated activities on RPFP4LFE project with various private companies and government agencies such as Permex Canning Incorporated in Zamboanga City (Region IX), DOLE CAR employees (CAR), human resources staff of Freeport Area of Bataan (Region III), LGU of Manolo Fortich, Del Monte Philippines and Republic Biscuit Corporation (REBISCO (Region X)), and RPFP4LFE for Tabuk City, Ifugao, Abra, Apayao, and Baguio City (CAR). 60 2019 Annual Report Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012