TEENAGE PREGNANCY TAKES OVER CENTRAL REGION

Teenage pregnancy is when a girl between the ages of 9 to 14 years gets pregnant. This act is socially and medically not accepted  because it comes with lots of maternal challenges since the pelvic and the uterus may not be developed enough to hold the baby yet the situation has gotten out of hand in the central especially Ajumako Essiam district  despite measures puted in place to curb it.

            A visit to the Mankessim health facilities showed an increase of 65percent with 335 teenagers impregnated last year. Gomoa West   District also recorded 762 cases last year.

An interview with the Ajumako district health information officer Mr. Badagda Martin revealed that teenage pregnancy increased from 756 in 2012 to 773 in 2013. Out of this early teens from ages 10 – 13 increased from 6 in 2012 to 10 in 2013. Late teens within the ages of 14 and 19 also increased from 754 in 2012 to763 in 2013. Atv news reporters spoke to some teenagers who have been involved in teenage pregnancy to a certain what got them to such a situation.                                                                                                                                          source Buabeng Philemon