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

The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities has called for a collaborative effort to end the scourge of teenage pregnancy in South Africa, where approximately 30% of teenagers report ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It is estimated about 10 percent of annual pregnancies in South Africa are teenage women. Tina fell pregnant at the age of 17, with no sense of direction and being a child herself, she decided she ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sugar daddies' and HIV 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 ...