Uganda: Budaka Grapples With Teenage Pregnancy

20 September 2017

Budaka — Primary Seven candidates have about two months to sit Primary Living Examinations, but some pupils in Budaka District have dropped out of school after discovering that they are pregnant.

According to the Budaka District health report, which was launched at Budaka Health Centre 1V, last Friday, 24.7 per cent of teenage girls get pregnant before the age of 19.

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