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Close to 90% of teenage pregnancies in Tema caused by men younger than 40

The Tema Metropolitan Health Directorate reports that approximately 86 percent of adolescent pregnancies in Tema are attributed to men aged between 20 and 39...

Teenage pregnancy common among adolescents aged 15-19 in Ghana

Aproximately 15.2% of female adolescents aged 15-19 in Ghana have experienced pregnancy, highlighting the prevalence of teenage motherhood in the country. This rate accounts for...

Teenage pregnancy on the rise due to human rights – Sompaa Queen mother

The Queen mother of Sompaa, Nana Akosua Akomah, in the Sunyani Traditional Area, has expressed the view that the human rights enjoyed by girls...

Northern Region recorded 183 pregnant girls during 2022 BECE, WASSCE

During the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and the West Africa Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in the Northern Region, a total of...

Teenage Pregnancy declines in Akatsi South Municipality

Statistics from the Akatsi South Municipal Health Directorate has revealed that the Municipality recorded a slight decrease in teenage pregnancy cases in the year...

Rwandan legislators opposed to contraception for 15-year-olds

The Rwandan parliament has rejected a bill to change a 2016 law to allow contraception to be supplied to females as young as 15...

“We need a society where girls are free from discrimination and abuse”

Ms Eugenia Afflu, a form two student of the E.P.C Mawuko Girls in Ho, has appealed to the government and other relevant authorities across...

I wont go back to school again because I am pregnant – Free SHS Beneficiary

A beneficiary of the free Senior School in the Western Region has refused to go back to school. The 15-year-old girl (name withheld) says her...

Indomie, MoMo cause of rising teenage pregnancies Research

A new research conducted by Star Ghana Foundation has revealed the love and desperation for Indomie, mobile money and social media addiction by young...

220 JHS students, 48 SHS students pregnant in 9 months

The Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service has confirmed a total number of 268 pregnancies have been recorded in the Upper East region...

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