Nabukalu records up to 100 teenage deliveries a month
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Nile Post
Nabukalu Health Centre in Uganda’s Bugiri District records between 80 and 100 teenage deliveries a month, out of 320 to 350 births in total. A midwife at the facility has raised the alarm and called for more awareness, access to family planning and support for families, according to Nile Post.
Nabukalu Health Centre in Uganda’s Bugiri District records between 80 and 100 teenage deliveries each month, according to health workers at the facility cited by Nile Post. Girls under 18 thus account for a significant proportion of the centre’s 320 to 350 monthly deliveries.
The figures concern medical staff because of the risks to the health and wellbeing of teenage mothers and their babies. Health workers are calling for greater awareness-raising in communities, better access to family planning services and parental involvement in preventing early pregnancy.
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