Teenage Pregnancy

Teenage pregnancy remains a serious health and social problem worldwide, and has been associated with numerous risk factors evident in the young people's family, peer, school, and communities. In sub-Saharan Africa, one such risk factor in early child bearing is increased vulnerability to HIV/AIDS. Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa indicates that 35% of pregnancies among 15–19 year olds were unplanned, unwanted or untimed and that the teenagers' relationships were unstable. 1 CPD are allocated