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Zimbabwe has highest teenage pregnancy rate in Sub Saharan Africa - National Study

7 years agoTue, 14 Mar 2017 10:52:05 GMT
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Zimbabwe has highest teenage pregnancy rate in Sub Saharan Africa - National Study

According to a study by the National Teenage Fertility Study Zimbabwe has the highest teenage fertility rate in sub-Saharan Africa. Cultural and religious practices have been blamed for this. The report says that between 500 000 and 700 000 teenagers fall pregnant every year, with 20 percent of the pregnancies in this group due to early child marriages. According to the report, the fertility rate in urban areas is half that of the rural areas.

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)’s Zimbabwe Representative Cheikh Cisse said:

This, therefore, requires our urgent attention as teenage pregnancy severely curtails girls and young women’s opportunity and hinders their ability to reach their full potential. A young adolescent girl can be an asset for her country if she is not married off during her childhood, if she is not forced to leave school or exposed to an unplanned pregnancy that puts her to high risk of illness,

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