16 ~ pl,1t\·111tnt. 1 lw 1>()1 I h,,s. lhl'n. fort. nlli,wtd 1h1:-"<'I-up H;..., for111 of suppnrt lo low-111uu11\· 111\1111\ 1p·1h11.--.. Tl11-. h,ft w tlw ll0,11lcr. <f11p 111 lw. illh,-:11v frn111 th.. n11t1un:rl i;<wer11mt·n1 In 1h, 1. CUs h. l', 1,-. 11l1,-. l ln h"1h 1h,· 1111111"·,·mcnl a11tl tlthri,,ralio11 of lwalrh rrn·r delinrv. Some L (:\ ·-. h. iq 1h, p,,htic. tl ",II,111cl linnn,·i. 11 1·. 1p:ibili t~· 10 s11pp,wt 1lwir own llc:;1111 cnrc ~,-. t,111 whik utlwr-do mt. ~,n11, U:tts ~"'" th,·1r 1'1 l~s :--c: 1;;,;:rlanc. ·:-in n,·cordancc "llh R. \ 01-i "l111, m,.-. 1,In not. ll ha~ 1'«-"<'ll,~t. rhli-. tn-d lh. 1l,tn LGt;·s financial c-ap:rhilitv. a d~·nnmit: nntl n·sporn,ive poht1t,1l lc~11..l.-r--lti p,111d t·ommuni1vc111p,,wlr111e m arc tlw important i11grcuioul:-ofan , fft·cth,. loc-~11 h,·. tlth-.,-i-tl'm ,\lmc«t two d,-. nd,~. ifkr th, tl,,·oluticm orlw. ilth sc·n-i<-cs. tht. 'rc h: n need to look into it" 1111p,lt'I 1111 i"'"I'"-', 1a,. 11th 11,... ubo import. int to know how Pl INs pcrfon11cd their Joh<:. ho,,· till'~ µ,·n. ·,i, t! 1hei r mft.., and h1Jw l hey,;cw their profe... sion;tl <lcvclnpmcnt i11 n dt"n"'°d,.,. :l-up. THE NATIONAL HEALTH SITUAT ION Thl n. 11mnal lre. allh s-ituru,nn gin~~ us. in idc. i or the health ~ih1alion in Lhc c-nmm1111111e:-\\here nur-. e<: \\Ork. Hec. 1usc of lhl' different to11Jltions prcvnilin,:: in thl'.,,. r ·nmumti,-.. their he. 11th pu·turc c.-. :pcclt. 'dly v;1ri1s. For example, i,;oitc-r i"' highly pn-,·,lt 111 in th,· \Jo,ntam Pm'1nl·e "hilc sc-histo!'ominsis is cmfomic in Lt. '~1<'. The loc;. J hc;,ith-. 1111 1111111. tlwr. :-1orc. needs tn hc> co;tablished for each prvviuce. city. :inn munic1p~lit: The "''"1 !-ectiun ~h cs a,;i:neral dcmogr. iphic-:ind h P:tlth profile of Filipinos. Il must be T'f'£~ni1ed.. h O\\t, er. ll1al t. hc, 1?,:!ional differrncc. co in many import;rnt socioeconomic nrd ph} 11:;1I fact,J~ Jre t:r. m~lald to difference:-in the rcgion:il hc;1lth picll. Jre. Demographic profile Th, Phihppin1. ~ r. inhxl 12" in the world in tcnns oflolal popul;ition which was 88. 6 m1lh11n,n,\IIJ:ll<;t inri-<llltp. 1 Wll"U-,C<!ll. '5 11. 'i,qr Jl,',J'II) 'J11i-. is projrc-t Nl to iocn:r1s~· f() 91, RM(. "i<111 in..;r110 (:-S. iri,,naf Ohjrc-ti H. "" for //caltl1. :. !OO!;. :. ! 1). Ac-r-nrtli11g lo t!J<: Prcsitlcnl i11 lrrr 1'1illt of ;,;,,1,. 111 \dclrc'-" in. July :. mo8, the c H111tr_v·s ;innu;d ror1tla1i,rn gn,wrh n,t,:,, :>,,4'\,. dr,"n (rnm the 2. :i6"°, in th<: 1990s (111c l'hilippine Star, 8/:3/08). Jn :u,rq. 1lw a,,rn~ life PYptc-tnnc-y :it hinh h"n" 72. 8 ycnrs for femnlcs ant. l 67. 5 years fo1 111,tlc--.--up from th, ;,~er. 1.,:1,,f '11. 6 ~Nr< for both-. ci. cs in 1()80. The c:ounlrv's pupul.,111Jn i~ "'",.,uu;:, "th-11 u·,1r<. :i, rh,· mt·cli:in ;,g,. The dc-p1ndc11 c:y rali<; is 6t. J \<liu h 111,;i11, lhat r,;i \011111-\ d,·1wmlt11r,-(c,-14 yc:;ir<:,,Id) 1111d Ii,1ld dt:p Pndcnts (ti_<; \t·ir,. 11l<. J :m<l. 11,oq J :,r, J,<111;: upp<>rl<-d IH wo pt·opl<",1~cd 15-<,,i. ·11,i,·1y-seven p<>r-c-, 111 fr"",) uf tlw loltal po11ul. nir,n art· in the 0-14 :1~:<' group whit<: ::i. 8'... '6 arc in lhc 1,_:; and ubm·t ;i~, ~mup c:--o H. 20051. J. n 21 i<,o. I hl re we: re n hiut 2.-;5 1)(oµk for eve,-y ~1u:irc kil011H't L' r ofr'h i Ii r,pi nc t Cr Titory. .. l\h-tn, Manila hm, IJw hq;hc.-. 1 p11pula1inn tlc-n,ily. 111c. J C. 1\1{ ha<, the lowc!'lt (NOH, ::'[)(l~J 1iw f>')f)lll,,wm in tht! urhan :irca, i-. incrrn,-in~ very rnp1dly. From lh<' :;7% o( the ltl!al P,pufatfon rn 1984 (UNICEF, 198f>J the fi~l1rr incrc11-. cd to 48'. I(, in :too,1 (NOi i 2005) -