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The Executive Director of the Henry Djaba Memorial Foundation, Dr. Otiko Afisah Djaba has expressed grave concern over the rising cases of teenage pregnancy as Ghana records about 110,000 cases in 2020.
According to some statistics she posted on her Facebook timeline, as many as 107,023 girls between 15 and 19 years of age got pregnant in 2020. In the same year, 2,865 girls between 10 and 14 years also got pregnant (Source: Ghana Health Service, District Health Information Management System).
The Ashanti Region recorded the highest with 17,802, Eastern Region 10,865, Central 10,301, Northern 9,249, Greater Accra 9,018, Western 8,533 and Upper East Region 6,533.