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In response to the alarming rise of over 4,000 teenage pregnancy cases in the Oti Region from 2023 to August 2024, okada riders in...

The South Tongu District of the Volta Region has witnessed a surge in teenage pregnancy cases within the first quarter of 2024.The period recorded...

A recent report by the Ghana Health Service indicates that, the Upper Manya Krobo district is ranked second in the prevalence of teenage pregnancy...

The incidence of teenage pregnancy in the Amansie Central District in the Ashanti region has seen a significant decline from 503 cases, representing 19.6%...

The Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG), a subsidiary of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), has expressed concern about the rise in teenage...

The 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) by the Ghana Statistical Service has indicated a rise in the rate of teenage pregnancy by...

Ghanaian actress and TV personality, Gloria Sarfo, has expressed concern over the alarming rate of teenage pregnancy in the country and called on movie...

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for the Bongo District, Peter Ayinbisa, has attributed the rise in teenage pregnancy in the area to the drinking...

Teenage pregnancy and unsafe abortion are on the increase at the Nsoatre Health Centre in the Sunyani West Municipality of the Bono Region, Dr...

In order to reduce the high incidence of teenage pregnancies in the Volta Region, the Executive Director of the National Population Council (NPC), Dr...

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...

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...

The Central Region, ranked as the second highest region with high prevalence of teenage pregnancy in the country, has started witnessing a decline in...

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...

(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...

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 is on a downward trend in the Ashanti Region as the various interventions and intense public education campaign begin to show positive...

The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Nkwanta South constituency, Geoffrey Kini has expressed concern about the high rate of teenage pregnancies in the...

The Asumka Hemaa of Adukrom Akuapem, Nana Odiasempa Abena Ayebea Okani I, has called on parents to educate their children on sexual matters to...

About 15.2% of female adolescents in Ghana aged 15-19 have ever been pregnant, underscoring the prevalence of teenage motherhood.The prevalence within the age range...

Two teenagers are in a state of despair after their families ejected them from home when their sexual escapade ended in pregnancy.The boy, 17...

Minister for Education, Dr Osei Yaw Adutwum has hinted that, his Ministry together with the Ghana Education Service (GES) is set to launch a...

The Central Region has seen a significant reduction in teen pregnancies as it recorded 10,301 cases in 2020 against 10,914 cases in 2019.Statistically, the...

Failure to provide the needed parental protection is to blame for the increase in teenage pregnancy, a lecturer at Central University has said.Dr Benjamin...

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 of Ghana has been called on to pass a law with harsher penalty on teenage pregnancy to sufficiently guarantee the protection and future...

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...

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...

More teenagers are getting pregnant in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region, a development that has become a huge worry for the...

The Tema Metropolitan Health Directorate has revealed that about 86 percent of adolescent pregnancies in Tema are caused by men between 20 and 39-years-old.Doris...

In response to the alarming rise of teenage pregnancy and other social vices among the youth, Ayomso Health subdistrict in the Asunafo North Municipal...

She was desperate to abandon her 5-month-old baby when life became unbearable after her baby’s father and family dejected them. But Hadiza, 19, now beams with smiles...

The Jirapa Municipal Director of Health Services has expressed worry over high rate of cases of teenage pregnancies in the municipality.Mrs Florence Angsomwine has...

An average of 112,800 teenage girls in the country are impregnated every year.Last year, about 109,888 teenage pregnancies were recorded, with 2,865 of the...

Three teenagers accused of murdering a final year Visual Arts student of Oppong Memorial Senior High School have made their maiden court appearance at...