The Department of Health (DOH) has notified government hospitals and other public health facilities of an 'imminent' shortage in combined oral contraceptive pills because of growing demand, global supply gaps and delays in procurement. Based on a Sept. 12 circular, the DOH said it expects to soon run out of the combined hormonal pill with estrogen and progesterone in government health facilities due to 'various factors.' It advised health-care workers in DOH-run facilities on the proper guidelines they should disseminate to their patients should they choose to shift to other contraceptive types in order to achieve healthy birth spacing and prevent unplanned pregnancies.

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