Mrs Samira Bawumia, wife of the Vice President, has expressed concern about the rate of pregnancy among adolescent girls in Ghana. Though adolescent pregnancies declined from 12.1 percent in 2015 to...
Chiefs, parents and other stakeholders in the Sissala East District of the Upper West region will soon strengthen bylaws in the area to curb the growing trend of teenage pregnancy. They have promised...
Any man who impregnates a teenage girl in any basic school at Gnani, a community in the Yendi Municipality of the Northern Region, will be fined GHC250 while male teachers will pay GHC300. In...
Teenage girls in basic and junior high schools at Gnani, a community in the Yendi District of the Northern Region, are rejecting sexual abstinence for family planning methods to prevent unwanted...
As part of measures to end the alarming rate of teenage pregnancies in the country, the chief of Gomoa Okwawu in the Gomoa East district of the Central region is advocating fines and lashes to curb...
Henceforth, any parent in the Jirapa District who gives out his or her daughter who is less than 18 years for marriage would be reported to the security agencies for action to be taken against them....
The Upper East Region recorded a total of 5,587 adolescent pregnancies representing 15.4% for the year 2016, with 2.1%occurring among adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19 years, making the...
The Central Regional Office of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service has tasked stakeholders to ensure that social intervention programmes targeted at...
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...
There 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...
There 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...
Teenage pregnancy in Central Region: 12,000 plus students in the Central Region alone were impregnated, and about 300 teachers were involved. Are teachers doing more harm than good to their...
Mrs Thywill Eyra Kpe, Central Regional Director of the Department of Gender, has expressed worry and described as threatening the trend that suggest that teachers were among the top groups of people...
The Ghana Education Service (GES) says it is unaware teachers are impregnating their pupils as reported by a section of the media stating most cases turn out to be untrue. Public Relations Officer...
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has expressed shock at a revelation that teachers in the Central Region impregnated 301 pupils and students last year, David Ofori-Acheampong,...
The acting Central regional Director of Health Dr. Stephen Anyomi has disclosed that teachers at the Primary and Secondary School levels are responsible for 5.9% of teenage pregnancies within the...
Teachers in the Central Region have been named among the top groups of people who impregnated teenage girls in the area in 2016. They are reported to have impregnated 301 of the 12,048 young girls in...
Teachers are responsible for six percent of the 13,355 cases of teenage pregnancies in the Central region in 2016, a study has found. The 13,355 figure is a slight drop from the previous year's...
The Paramount Queenmother of the Mafi Traditional Area in the Central Tongu District of the Volta Region, Mama Sename III, has expressed concern over the increasing number of teenage pregnancy cases...
Elder Nii Armah Hammond believes that too much is at stake when young teenagers get pregnant A counselor and elder of the Church of Pentecost, New Achimota District, Mr Nii Armah Hammond, has...
