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Mubatsi Asinja Habati
THE INDEPENDENT (Kampala, Uganda)

"...The Uganda Demographic and Health Survey of 2016 done by Uganda Bureau of Statistics says 1 in 4 adolescent girls aged 15 -19 are already mothers or are pregnant with their first child while 64% girls have sex before the age 18. Teenage childbearing is higher in rural areas at 27% than in urban areas (19%)..."

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Mubatsi Asinja Habati
THE INDEPENDENT (Kampala, Uganda)

"...The Uganda Demographic and Health Survey of 2016 done by Uganda Bureau of Statistics says 1 in 4 adolescent girls aged 15 -19 are already mothers or are pregnant with their first child while 64% girls have sex before the age 18. Teenage childbearing is higher in rural areas at 27% than in urban areas (19%)..."

URL to article: https://www.independent.co.ug/new-pregnancy-policy-bears-twin-problems/