Teenage pregnancy increases in Upper West

Wa, Aug. 23, GNA- Teenagers accounted for thirteen per cent of all pregnant women who attended antenatal clinics in the Upper West Region last year.
The ages of the pregnant women are between 10 and14 years, Dr Fulgence Sangber-Bery, Wa Municipal Director of Health Services said on Friday.
Dr Sangber-Bery was speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Wa.
He said teenage pregnancy in the region during the last three years was high with Sissala and Nadowli districts recording the highest figures.
There was improvement in the supervised delivery coverage from 61 per cent in 2001 to 66.2 per cent in 2002, he said.
Dr Sangber-Dery described the regional antenatal care performance in the region as good especially in the Wa Municipality and Lawra District. On maternal mortality, Dr Sangber-Dery said it reduced from 45 to ten 1000 live births from 2001 to 2002.
He mentioned some of the major causes of hospital maternal deaths in the region as haemorrhage, sepsis, pregnancy induced hypertension and abortion.