Teenage pregnancy and its effects on education are major challenges that affect the quality of girls’ education not only in Lukulu district but worldwide. Teenage pregnancy is a major concern in government secondary schools in Lukulu district and mainly affects girls aged 13 to 19 years. The...
Download PDF ↓Introduction: Zambia’s Education system keeps recording high dropout rates among adolescent girls in secondary school due to unintended pregnancy. Teenage pregnancies reported among girls in grades 1-12 at both primary and secondary level from the years of 2010 to 2017 show that at primary level...
Download PDF ↓Objectives: Adolescent pregnancy is a major public health problem throughout the world. It has been associated with adverse obstetric outcomes. In Zambia, Luapula province has the highest rate of adolescent pregnancy. The aim of this study was to investigate the maternal and perinatal outcomes...
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