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Protecting the Next Generation in Sub-Saharan AfricaLearning from Adolescents to Prevent HIV and Unintended Pregnancy
Publication Date: December 2007
Publisher(s): Guttmacher Institute
Author(s): Ann E. Biddlecom; Laura Hessburg; Susheela Singh; Akinrinola Bankole
Funder(s): Rockefeller Foundation; United States. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Funder(s): Rockefeller Foundation; United States. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Topic: Health (Health services for adolescents)
Social conditions (Sex)
Type: Report
Abstract:
Addressing the sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa is vital, given the devastating impact of AIDS, the high rates of unintended pregnancy and the risk that those pregnancies may lead to unsafe abortions. Protecting the health of adolescents is clearly important for the adolescents themselves.