South East DC concerned about pregnancies in schools
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
The district commissioner for SDEC, Sebokwana Dikgope yesterday told a full council meeting that 58 out of 593 pregnant women who registered for Ante Natal Clinic (ANC) were teenagers and 22 out of 58 teenagers were still in school.
“This was a slight decrease from the previous quarter where 70 teenage pregnancy cases out of 699 pregnant women were recorded. Cumulatively, the district recorded 236 cases of pregnancy from a total of 2,492 pregnant women who registered for ANC during the year. Two out of 58 teenagers who tested for HIV were positive and were enrolled into the PMTCT programme. In total, nine teenagers who tested for HIV during the year were HIV positive,” Dikgope said.
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