,,,Protecting the Next Generation in Ghana: New Evidence on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs

Protecting the Next Generation in Ghana: New Evidence on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs


 

Publication Date: November 2007

Publisher: Guttmacher Institute

Author(s): Laura Hessburg; Kofi Awusabo-Asare; Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme; Joana O Nerquaye-Tetteh

Research Area: Health; Social conditions

Type: Report

Abstract:

Sexual activity among adolescents is a sensitive topic, and addressing youth's sexual and reproductive
health in the public arena is challenging. However, the need for sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents and the potential benefit of meeting that need is great. Improving the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents is important not only from a public health perspective, but also from an economic one.