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Kitgum registers over 1,000 teenage pregnancies in six months

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum authorities are concerned about the rising number of pregnancies among underage girls. The media has been awash with news of teenage pregnancy across the country in the last two years fueled by the lockdown triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. When schools reopened, many thought …

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Kitgum registers 4,000 teenage pregnancies in two years

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district has registered up to 4,767 cases of teenage pregnancies within a period of two and half years. According to statistics from the district probation office, the majority of the cases were registered in 2019 before the government instituted the first lockdown following the …

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