About 700,000 pregnant youths die each year in developing countries. To determine
whether the persistent adolescent pregnancy in Nigeria between 2013 and 2018 was …

Background: Globally, unintended births among unmarried adolescent girls are a major
contributor to maternal and childhood mortality, the vicious cycle of ill-health, poverty, and …

The role of parents, especially the household head, is very crucial in the sexual values and
behaviour of teenagers. This study used the Malawi Demographic and Health Survey …

Methods: This research studied reproductive-aged women who were systematically
sampled in Ghana. Kaplan Meier and Cox proportional hazard regression with shared frailty …

Background: Childbearing is one of the central events in a woman's life and the age at which
this event occurs has important health, socioeconomic and fertility implications for her …

Introduction Pregnancy and early motherhood among teenage girls is the current issue of
public health burden in developing countries. Although the Gambia has one of the highest …

ABSTRACT Background: In Nigeria, the rate of teenage mothers was reported in 2008 to be
22.9% and the poor socio-demographic status of the pregnant teens play a major role in the …

Introduction Uganda has high adolescent pregnancy. The details of adolescent childbirth
and urban/rural patterns are scarce. We investigated the levels, time trends and …

This study estimated the trend and growth rate of teenage pregnancy (TP) among
adolescent women aged 15–19 years and further assessed significant change over time as …

Objective Understanding the determinants of adolescent pregnancy and how they have
changed over time is essential for measuring progress and developing strategies to improve …