ASHANTI RECORDS 6,000+ TEENAGE PREGNANCIES SO FAR

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A total of six thousand 269 teenage pregnancies were recorded in the Ashanti Region between January and June, this year. 
Deputy Ashanti Regional Director of Health Services in charge of Public Health, Dr. Kwasi Yeboah-Awudzi who announced this at the opening of this year’s Adolescent Health Ambassadors Camp in Kumasi, said even though the figure is high, there has been a significant reduction in teenage pregnancy cases in the region compared to the years past and attributed it to the sustained educational campaign on reproductive and sexual health issues. 

The Adolescent Health Ambassadors Camp, organized jointly by the Ghana Health Service and Ghana Education Service, grooms young adolescents to effectively promote reproductive health issues among their peers.

 The programme is on the theme: “Equipping Young People as Health Ambassadors for Sustainable Development”. Dr. Yeboah-Awudzi said it is appropriate for participants to be properly sensitized on reproductive health issues since adolescence is a critical stage in a person’s life. 

He said the earlier the youth are cautioned against the dangers of pre-marital sex, the better it would be for their own growth and development. 

A Reproductive Health Specialist with the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, Dr. Robert Mensah noted that the youth are vulnerable when it comes to reproductive health issues. This, he attributed to the lack of information and inaccessibility to reproductive health services. 

Dr. Mensah, therefore, advocated investment in these areas to reduce to the barest, the high rate of teenage pregnancies and sexually-transmitted infections among adolescents. 

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