El embarazo en adolescentes afecta su salud, educación, proyecto de vida, relaciones sociales y culturales, y su economía entre otros aspectos.

Despite the existence of preventive policies across sub-Saharan Africa, countries within the sub-region lead global rankings for rates of adolescent pregnancy.

Development of this policy analysis report was meant to review the policy framework and implementation related to Adolescent and Youth Sexual Reproductive Health (AYSRH) in Kenya.

In collaboration with line ministries and partners, NCPD held a national dialogue on 4th March 2020 to discuss adolescent health and development with a focus on teenage pregnancy.

Unintended pregnancy and unsafe abortion are serious public health issues in the Arab region that often go ignored, jeopardizing the health of women and families and placing a burden on society as a whole.

Le Togo, avec 30,7% de jeunes de 10 à 24 ans, n’échappe pas aux phénomènes des grossesses et mariages précoces. Le taux de grossesses chez les adolescentes (15 à 19 ans) est de 17% et varie d’une région à une autre: (25,3% pour Kara et 19,0% pour Maritime sans Lomé commune).

In Ghana, even though it is acknowledged that pregnancies occur among school girls, there are no standard procedures for handling pregnant school girls or dealing with young mothers who want to return to school after childbirth.

The goal of this policy is to advance the prevention of adolescent pregnancy and the management of the reintegration of adolescent mothers into the formal school system.

This Strategic Plan is organized into six sections. The Introduction to the Plan provides brief historical background information on the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection's Department of Gender which is followed by the rationale for developing the Plan.