Adolescent Sexual And Reproductive Health In Nigeria: Behavioural Patterns and Needs

ISBN-13: 9780595400126 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 144 str.

Aderanti Adepoju

Opis

Adolescent sexual and reproductive health issues and challenges in Nigeria are daunting; teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and illegal abortion, high and early entry into sexual activity and lack of adequate information about safe sex.Sexually active adolescents face several risks -as well as possibly contractin HIV and other STIs, there are unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortions, high-risk deliveries, reduced educational opportunities and poor economic outcomes. Improving adolescent reproductive health and reducing teenage pregnancies are essential ingridients of responsible policy making.