Teenage Pregnancy Archives - Ghana News Express

Pupils of Nii Oglie Model '1' Basic School at Nmlitsakpo in the Kpone-Katamanso Municipality, have been sensitised on the dangers of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and teenage pregnancy. The sensitisation was held by the Kpone-Katamanso Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) in collaboration with the Municipal Health Directorate on the theme "Awareness Creation on STIs and Teenage Pregnancy." The programme which was held separately for the upper primary and Junior High School (JHS) levels, saw pupils interacting with the resource persons and asking questions on the topic. Ms Emelia Ofori Agyemang, the HIV Coordinator for the Municipal Health Directorate, stated that STIs such as gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, and Human Papillomavirus caused by viruses, ...

Stakeholders at an adolescent community forum have expressed concern about uncontrolled pre-marital sexual practices among teenagers in the Sunyani Municipality, calling for collective approach to bring the situation under control. They said that was contributing to increasing teenage pregnancies and affecting girl-child education, as well as increasing adolescent single parenting in the municipality. That situation is affecting the holistic growth and development of girls and making more of them a liability and increasing the vulnerabilities of children. The ‘Sunyani Adolescent Parliament’ set up by the Global Media Foundation (GloMeF), a media advocacy non-government organisation (NGO) under the Resilient City for Adolescents (RC4A) project it is implementing in the...

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Basic School pupils sensitised on STIs, teenage pregnancy

Stakeholders unhappy about pre-marital sex, surge in teenage pregnancy in Sunyani