The Eastern Regional Deputy Director of Public Health, Dr Moses Barima Djimatey, says adolescent pregnancy and child marriage ...
During Sierra Leone’s Ebola crisis, thousands of girls became pregnant, some as young as nine. Communities report that there were increases in rape and in girls offering sex for money or services ...
Maternal age was defined as the age of mother in completed years at the time of delivery. [27] All nulliparous women aged 10-24 years who had singleton live births during the period between 1995 and ...
Teenage pregnancy crisis in South Africa: Survey reveals urgent need for action ...
In 2025, 22 097 women accessed City of Cape Town Health facilities for basic antenatal care - 1 230 were teenagers under 18.
As teenage pregnancies rise in Cape Town, City Health urges early antenatal care and access to contraceptive services to ensure better health outcomes for mothers and babies.