The unmet need for modern contraceptive methods is found to be the highest (20 per cent) in the region (Casterline and Sinding, 2000, Guttmacher Institute and Likhaan, 2010). Gillespie and others (2007) also found that there was high inequity in outreach of family planning workers in Philippines. Initially, the country's family planning programme was supported by private stakeholders. The Government completely took it over in 1970.