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Bongo DCE blames teenage pregnancy on drinking water; says it boosts s3x drive
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for the Bongo District, Peter Ayinbisa, has attributed the rise in teenage pregnancy in the area to...
Teenage pregnancy and unsafe abortion on the rise at Nsoatre – Medical Officer
Teenage pregnancy and unsafe abortion are on the increase at the Nsoatre Health Centre in the Sunyani West Municipality of the Bono...
Volta Region tops teenage pregnancy list
In order to reduce the high incidence of teenage pregnancies in the Volta Region, the Executive Director of the National Population Council (NPC), Dr...
Abortion and teenage pregnancy soar in Mampong
Rising cases of abortion, has become a major health concern in the Mampong Municipality and giving the health authorities sleepless nights.
The facilities in the...
Free SHS has increased teenage pregnancy – Ayariga
Founder of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga has lashed out at the government over the implementation of the Free Senior High School...
Central Region records drop in teenage pregnancy – Report
The Central Region, ranked as the second highest region with high prevalence of teenage pregnancy in the country, has started witnessing a decline in...
Wa West District ‘leads’ Upper West with teenage pregnancy cases
District Chief Executive for Wa West, Laabiri Edward Sobo has expressed worry over the increasing rate of teenage pregnancy in the district.
Even though Mr...
Teenage pregnancy reduces in Atwima-Kwanwoma District
(HFFG), an NGO, and she said although progress was being made, nobody should be complacent.
The programme provided a forum for parents, the youth and...
18,441 teenage pregnancy cases recorded in the Ashanti region last year
A total of 18,441 adolescents got pregnant representing 11.4% of all pregnancies last year 2016, the Ashanti Regional Director of Health Services Dr. Alexis...
Teenage pregnancy declines in Ashanti
Teenage pregnancy is on a downward trend in the Ashanti Region as the various interventions and intense public education campaign begin to show positive...
Education Ministry to launch campaign against teenage pregnancy
Minister for Education, Dr Osei Yaw Adutwum has hinted that, his Ministry together with the Ghana Education Service (GES) is set to...
Central Region records decline in teenage pregnancy
The Central Region has seen a significant reduction in teen pregnancies as it recorded 10,301 cases in 2020 against 10,914 cases in...
Audio: Lecturer cries over rise teenage pregnancy
Failure to provide the needed parental protection is to blame for the increase in teenage pregnancy, a lecturer...
Teenage Pregnancy: How a daughter’s growing belly earns her a mother’s growling slap
Barbara and her mother make their way through a mini squabble outside the consulting room. It's a long queue cemented with resistance, and impatience....
Parliament urged to pass law on teenage pregnancy
Parliament of Ghana has been called on to pass a law with harsher penalty on teenage pregnancy to sufficiently guarantee the protection and future...
Kenya bans night prayers to reduce teenage pregnancy
The Kenyan government has banned evening prayers popularly known as “kesha” in Narok County.
Narok County Commissioner, George Natembeya, made the directive following rising statistics of...
Kenya bans night prayers to reduce teenage pregnancy
The Kenyan government has banned evening prayers popularly known as “kesha” in Narok County.
Narok County Commissioner, George Natembeya, made the directive following rising statistics of...
Amansie West: Health authorities worried about spike in teenage pregnancy, HIV infection
More teenagers are getting pregnant in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region, a development that has become a huge worry for the...
Jirapa Municipality records 169 teenage pregnancies
The Jirapa Municipal Director of Health Services has expressed worry over high rate of cases of teenage pregnancies in the municipality.
Over 111,000 teenage girls impregnated every year – GHS
An average of 112,800 teenage girls in the country are impregnated every year.
Last year, about 109,888 teenage pregnancies...
Teenagers accused of murdering final year student at Kokofu make first court appearance
Three teenagers accused of murdering a final year Visual Arts student of Oppong Memorial Senior High School have made their maiden court...
Mahama’s aide charges A-G to prosecute men who impregnate teenage girls
Special aide to former President John Dramani Mahama has charged the Attorney-General to lead a campaign against teenage pregnancy.
19-year-old lady narrates how her baby daddy abandoned her after pregnancy
Teenager and mother of one, Paulina Blay, has revealed that she had to name her child in the absence of her baby...
Upper East Region tops in teenage pregnancies
Statistics from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) indicate that the Upper East Region recorded a total of 6,533 cases of teenage pregnancies...
13 teenage pregnancies recorded every one hour
Teenage pregnancy remains a big challenge in Ghana and data from the annual Ghana Health Service (GHS) statistics on this is very...
Tima Kumkum Foundation supports teenage mothers at Nungua [Photos]
Adom TV presenter, Cynthia Tima Yeboah, through the Tima Kumkum Foundation, has reached out to teenage mothers at the Ob3n3tsoshishi street of...
Indomie, MoMo cause of rising teenage pregnancies – Research
A new research conducted by Star Ghana Foundation has revealed the love and desperation for Indomie, mobile money and social media addiction...
Teenager reveals how doctors removed her womb to save her life
A 19-year-old lady named Mary Lavoe has recounted the dreadful medical condition that informed doctors to remove her womb after she became...
More teenage girls attempt unsafe abortion in Sunyani West Municipality
Some 20 cases of unsafe abortion were reported in the Sunyani West Municipality of the Bono Region in 2019, says the Municipal...
I was hypnotised, almost used for money rituals by my boyfriend – Teenager
Her stricken scream of 'help me' rented the air at the early hours of Tuesday, jolting residents of Mechanic Village in Jakande...
Father impregnates teenage daughter
A 42-year-old scrap dealer has been arrested by the police for allegedly impregnating his 14-year-old daughter.
According to...
Audio: Chief to fine parents whose teenage girls get pregnant
The chief of Ayensu Adze in Gomoa Central, Nana Akyirpanyin IV, has introduced a fine as a measure...
Father of 17 children impregnates his teenage daughter, aborts baby
The Ogun State Police have arrested an incestuous man, Taofeek Oyeyemi for impregnating his 16 years old biological daughter. Taofeek, 42,...
Over 3000 teenage pregnancies recorded in Wa West
The National Youth Authority (NYA) in partnership with Plan International Ghana is calling for concerted efforts to sustain the fight against high...
Teenage mothers, pregnant pupils write BECE at Agogo
Nine teenage mothers are sitting for this year's Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Asante Akim North District of Ashanti Region.