Research Article: Adherence to Modern Contraceptives Among Female Refugee Adolescents in Northern Uganda: A Prospective Single Cohort Study
Abstract:
Adolescent pregnancy remains a global burden with an estimated birth rate of births per , girls aged to years. In low-resource settings, approximately , girls under years of age and about million aged to years give birth annually, and an additional million girls aged to years undergo unsafe abortions annually. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rates of adolescent pregnancy and child birth globally at . births per women. In Uganda, adolescent births account for % of all births, the majority of which are unintended. However, the rates are mentioned to be higher among the refugee adolescents than among the nationals.– This is so because of the insecurity and poverty faced by refugee adolescents, which leave them vulnerable to sexual exploitation, abuse, rape, transactional sex, and early or forced marriages.
Introduction:
Adolescent pregnancy remains a global burden with an estimated birth rate of births per , girls aged to years. In low-resource settings, approximately , girls under years of age and about million aged to years give birth annually, and an additional million girls aged to years undergo unsafe abortions annually. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rates of adolescent pregnancy and child birth globally at . births per women. In Uganda, adolescent births account for % of all births, the majority of which are…
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