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Grappling with teen pregnancy

George Herald

South Africa is grappling with the persistent problem of high teenage pregnancy numbers, and in the Eden Health District, it is no different.

- Alida de Beer

According to Nadia Ferreira, Western Cape Health and Wellness' district spokesperson, 942 girls aged 10 to 19 gave birth at health facilities in the district in the 10 months between January and October this year. [That is an average of 94.2 per month, so a total of about 1 130 births for the year could be extrapolated.]

Ferreira said there is no significant upward trend in the figures from the previous two years.

A total of 579 terminations of pregnancy (ToPs) was recorded in the district during these 10 months.

Statistics from the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) do not indicate an increase in learner pregnancies, either.

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