There’s a clear need for policies that improve healthcare access, reproductive health education, and support systems for young women.
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Adolescent girls are more at risk during childbirth. Stigma and abuse by healthcare workers makes them less likely to seek medical care, putting their lives further in danger.
Under South African law, girls have the right to continue their schooling through and after their pregnancies.
An increase in the adolescent pregnancy rate strongly suggests challenges with accessing sexual and reproductive healthcare services for this vulnerable age group.
Understanding the drivers of early childbearing in specific contexts is important for effective policy making.
Mental health care for teen mothers is not part of routine health facilities in Nairobi’s informal settlements.
It seems counterintuitive that cuts to teen-pregnancy prevention programmes should lead to fewer pregnancies, but that’s what the latest research finds.
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Research scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Chair of Industrial Economics, Nottingham University Business School, University of Nottingham
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Senior Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Visiting Researcher Wits School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Lagos
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Specialist Scientist, Health Systems, South African Medical Research Council
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Full Professor of Demography, University of the Western Cape
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