{"id":297371,"date":"2017-02-27T06:00:31","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T06:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=297371"},"modified":"2017-02-27T06:00:31","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T06:00:31","slug":"teachers-drivers-impregnate-977-teenagers-in-central-region-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/teachers-drivers-impregnate-977-teenagers-in-central-region-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"Teachers, drivers impregnate 977 teenagers in Central Region [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"

The rate of teenage pregnancy in the Central Region has in the last 5 years seen a decline. However, officials of the Ghana Health Service say the current figure of 12,048 recorded in 2016 is still “unacceptably high”.<\/p>\n

A performance review of 2016 by Ghana Health Service (GHS) in the Central Region revealed that most of the pregnant teenagers were currently single while others were cohabiting with their partners.<\/div>\n
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A survey of 5,000 of the pregnant teenagers revealed that small-scale farmers, drivers and teachers were among the top groups of people who impregnated teenage girls in the year under review.<\/p>\n

Citi News’<\/strong> Jonas Nyabor captures details of the 2016 performance review on teengage pregnancy in the region in the infographic below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Click here<\/strong><\/a><\/span> to read more from the report.<\/p>\n

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By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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