Pregnancies among girls aged below 18 rose from 17,337 in 2017 to 19,832 a year after, according to official statistics.
Beyond the numbers, these teenage parents, largely mothers face wide-ranging challenges, which has prompted the government to introduce various measure to control teen pregnancies; the latest among them being the proposal to allow teenagers who are 15 years and above to access contraceptives.
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