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 ...
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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 ...
TACLOBAN CITY — A newly launched research initiative in Eastern Visayas seeks to uncover why teenage pregnancy continues despite decades of interventions. Data from the Commission on Population and ...
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 ...
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 ...