Using Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data for Ghana (1998), Kenya (1998), Tanzania (1996) and Zambia (1996), the paper has examined adolescent fertility and reproductive health in the four sub-Saharan African countries. Adolescent fertility is highest in Zambia and lowest in Ghana. Age specific fertility rate for adolescent females (15-19 years) ranges from 90\u2030 Ghanaian female adolescents to 158\u2030 Zambia adolescent females. Adolescent females' contribution to total births ranges from 10% in Ghana to 13% in Zambia. At age 19 years, the percentages of adolescent females who have started childbearing were 61 in Tanzania, 59 in Zambia, 45 in Kenya and 32 in Ghana. In Ghana and Tanzania, a larger percentage of adolescent females th...
Adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) continues to be a major public health challenge in ...
Sub-Saharan Africa has one of the highest level of teenage pregnancies in the world. Some studies on...
The steady decline in global adolescent fertility rate masks poor performance in many countries and ...
Using Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data for Ghana (1998), Kenya (1998), Tanzania (1996) and Z...
This study was conducted within the secondary school student population of the Bolgatanga community,...
The study on Female Adolescent Reproductive Change was undertaken as part of the ongoing effort at u...
Adolescence is a critical transitional period in everyone’s life, and as much as adolescent childbea...
Addressing adolescent sexual and reproductive health issues are central to efforts for reducing chil...
There is strong evidence that the health risks associated with adolescent pregnancy are concentrated...
In 2015, the Population Council in conjunction with UNFPA conducted a study that drew on data from t...
Across the world, adolescents encounter various challenges that may implicate the enjoyment of thei...
This study was conducted within the secondary school student population of the Bolgatanga community,...
Background Despite public health interventions to control adolescent fertility, it remains high in ...
Within the past one and half decades many efforts have been made to improve the availability and acc...
Abstract Background Sub-Saharan Africa is among the countries where 10% of girls become mothers by t...
Adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) continues to be a major public health challenge in ...
Sub-Saharan Africa has one of the highest level of teenage pregnancies in the world. Some studies on...
The steady decline in global adolescent fertility rate masks poor performance in many countries and ...
Using Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data for Ghana (1998), Kenya (1998), Tanzania (1996) and Z...
This study was conducted within the secondary school student population of the Bolgatanga community,...
The study on Female Adolescent Reproductive Change was undertaken as part of the ongoing effort at u...
Adolescence is a critical transitional period in everyone’s life, and as much as adolescent childbea...
Addressing adolescent sexual and reproductive health issues are central to efforts for reducing chil...
There is strong evidence that the health risks associated with adolescent pregnancy are concentrated...
In 2015, the Population Council in conjunction with UNFPA conducted a study that drew on data from t...
Across the world, adolescents encounter various challenges that may implicate the enjoyment of thei...
This study was conducted within the secondary school student population of the Bolgatanga community,...
Background Despite public health interventions to control adolescent fertility, it remains high in ...
Within the past one and half decades many efforts have been made to improve the availability and acc...
Abstract Background Sub-Saharan Africa is among the countries where 10% of girls become mothers by t...
Adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) continues to be a major public health challenge in ...
Sub-Saharan Africa has one of the highest level of teenage pregnancies in the world. Some studies on...
The steady decline in global adolescent fertility rate masks poor performance in many countries and ...