Press Releases
Title: | Reproductive health improving among youth in Ethiopia |
Press Release Date: | 04/22/2008 |
Body: | Calverton, MD - Young adults' reproductive health is steadily improving in Ethiopia, but there is still much room for improvement, according to a new report released by the David and Lucille Packard Foundation. Young men and women are waiting longer before having sex and getting married. According to the report, sexual activity among young men has dropped dramatically since 2000, when 44 percent had ever had sexual intercourse. By contrast, five years later, 23 percent of young men had had sex. Sexual activity among young women also decreased during that time while their use of contraception increased.
While this progress is encouraging, the report points out that there is still substantial room for improvement in many areas of youth reproductive health. Only 7 percent of young women, for example, received care at delivery in 2005, the same percentage as in 2000. During the same time period, antenatal care from a health professional among young women increased only slightly from 28 percent to 30 percent. |
Abstract: | Calverton, MD - Young adults' reproductive health is steadily improving in Ethiopia, but there is still much room for improvement, according to a new report released by the David and Lucille Packard Foundation. Young men and women are waiting longer before having sex and getting married. According to the report, sexual activity among young men has dropped dramatically since 2000, when 44 percent had ever had sexual intercourse. |