During Sierra Leone’s Ebola crisis, thousands of girls became pregnant, some as young as nine. Communities report that there ...
The global rate of teen pregnancies has been decreasing in recent decades. According to the World Health Organization, worldwide adolescent birth rates have decreased from 64.5 births per 1,000 women ...
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NGOs under fire as teenage pregnancies remain at 32 percent despite decades of interventions
Researchers at the University of Malawi have questioned the effectiveness of government and NGO interventions aimed at reducing teenage pregnancies, warning that Malawi continues to record alarming ...
Becoming pregnant as a teenager comes with many risks. Donwilson Odhiambo/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images All of these factors can complicate both pregnancy and childbirth. Maternal health ...
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Beyond the numbers - Teenage pregnancy in Mbire and the national crisis beyond the statistics
At 15 years old, Tariro* should still be in Form Two.Instead, she spends her mornings carrying water from a shallow borehole in Mbire District while balancing her infant son on her back. Her school ...
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Fi We Children Foundation (FWCF) says raising Jamaica’s age of consent will not deter teenage pregnancy, noting that the issue requires providing young people with ...
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