According to global statistics, 95% of teenage pregnancies occur in developing countries, with South Africa being no ...

The problems of teenage pregnancy arise from individual ... Neloufar Khan is from the Department of Social Development, South Africa. AllAfrica publishes around 500 reports a day from more ...

Much has been made recently in South Africa about the increase in teenage pregnancies in the ... research shows that adolescent maternal and pregnancy-related mortality is lower than adult ...

Maimela said teenage pregnancy remained a significant challenge in South Africa and profoundly affected the lives of young ...

Teenage pregnancy is a big problem in South Africa. It is a particularly pernicious problem in rural areas, where young girls hoping to escape poverty make easy prey for older men, known here as ...

Teenage pregnancies in ... young girls encounter when becoming pregnant at such an early age. Professor Ismail Bhorat, the president of the South African Society of Obstetricians and ...

Sixteen-year-old Thandi is four months pregnant and among a jump in teenage pregnancies that are up 21 percent across South Africa in recent years, also raising fears of increased HIV infections ...

In a recent study we sought to understand the factors that contribute to teenage pregnancies in South Africa. To do so we interviewed 20 young women. They were either pregnant for the first time ...

Johannesburg — South Africa's teenage pregnancy rate has jumped 60% amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase affecting the education of many young women and their hopes to escape the cycle of ...

Some of the causes of teenage pregnancy are sexual abuse and lack of sex education ... However, given the significant number of teenage pregnancies in South Africa, it can be challenging to comprehend ...

JOHANNESBURG, June 29 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's Department of Health said ... sexual reproductive matters and the prevention of teenage pregnancy," said Foster Mohale, the department's spokesperson.

In a recent study we sought to understand the factors that contribute to teenage pregnancies in South Africa. To do so we interviewed 20 young women. They were either pregnant for the first time ...