The long-term effects of adolescent pregnancies in a community in Northern Ghana on subsequent pregnancies and births of the young mothers

• Main Authors: Anne-Sophie Yussif (Author), Anyetei Lassey (Author), Gabriel Yao-kumah Ganyaglo (Author), Eva J. Kantelhardt (Author), Heike Kielstein (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: BMC, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background In Ghana, adolescents represent 22% of the total population. The rates of adolescent pregnancies are high. Of all births registered in the country in 2014, 30% were by adolescents, and 14% of adolescents aged between 15 and 19 years had begun childbearing. Pregnancies and deliver...