Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono health officials have called for the expeditious adaption of sexuality education in schools targeting girls as young as eight years to stem the increasing number of teenage pregnancies. Dr. Stephen Mulindwa, the Mukono District Health Officer says that the number of teenage pregnancies in …
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Zombo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Zombo district authorities have registered 57 cases of obstetric fistula, especially among young mothers below 20 years over the past two years. The leaders blame the obstetric fistula cases on the high rate of teenage pregnancies registered in the past two years resulting from the …
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How it could slow Uganda’s ‘demographic dividend’ dreams Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Nancy Piloya, 18, is a teenager who got pregnant during the 2020 lockdown. When Piloya, who is from Nwoya District in the Acholi sub-region of northern Uganda discovered she was pregnant, she ran away from home and …
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25.8percent of teenage girls in Budaka get pregnant before making 18 years of age Budaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Budaka district officials have decided to prioritize the provision of family planning services to counter the high rate of teenage pregnancies majorly among school-going children, which has continued baffling the local …
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Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Statistics from some districts in Teso sub-region indicate that only a handful of expectant school-going age girls have returned to school. A number of schools created space to accommodate the young mothers in line with the government, allowing all expectant and breastfeeding girls to return …
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Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Iteso Cultural Union has partnered with World Vision Uganda to end violence against children and teenage pregnancies in Teso sub region. Records from various districts across the region indicate that more than 30,000 girls of school-going age were impregnated between 2020 and 2021. The most …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Gulu district health department is battling with unsafe abortions due to persistent increase in teenage pregnancies. Statistics from the Gulu district and City health departments indicate that a total of 474 cases of unsafe abortions among teenage girls were registered between 2020 and 2021. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Schools have to prepare to receive child mothers and pregnant learners, Dr. Cleophus Mugenyi, the Commissioner Basic Education in the Ministry of Education and Sports has revealed. According to Dr. Mugenyi, a recent study by the UN population fund indicates that the country has been …
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Bundibugyo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bundibugyo district has recorded 3,054 teenage pregnancies in the last twelve months. However, officials in the district health and social welfare department, say that the number of pregnant girls could be higher because most of the cases are not reported to the authorities while some …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 644,955 teenage pregnancies were recorded during the COVID-19 lockdown in Uganda, according to the United Nations Population Fund-UNFPA. Figures from the agency show that since March 2020 when COVID-19 hit the world, an estimated 354,736 teenage pregnancies were reported following the closure of …
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