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CATHERINE MWESIGWA KIZZA
NEW VISION (KAMPALA, UGANDA)

"...By the age of 19, 60% of girls have started having children. Fifteen per cent of married women aged 20 to 29, according to the 2011 Uganda Demographic Health Survey report, were married by 15 years, while 49% were married by 18 years. The contraceptive prevalence rate (proportion of married women of reproductive age using at least one contraceptive method) is only 26% for modern methods and 4% for traditional methods. This is after over 50 years of availability of modern contraception services in the country..."

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CATHERINE MWESIGWA KIZZA
NEW VISION (KAMPALA, UGANDA)

"...By the age of 19, 60% of girls have started having children. Fifteen per cent of married women aged 20 to 29, according to the 2011 Uganda Demographic Health Survey report, were married by 15 years, while 49% were married by 18 years. The contraceptive prevalence rate (proportion of married women of reproductive age using at least one contraceptive method) is only 26% for modern methods and 4% for traditional methods. This is after over 50 years of availability of modern contraception services in the country..."

URL to article: http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/671075-family-planning-education-pay-population-and-development.html