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Covid-19 afraid us from household scheduling cure – Adolescents in Tema Metropolis

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Some adolescents in the Tema Metropolis on Monday disclosed that the concern of contracting Covid-19 prevented them from accessing spouse and children organizing services past calendar year.

They advised the Ghana Information Agency (GNA) at Tema that even nevertheless they employed to patronize family setting up clinics, they made a decision not to go for renewal for dread of contracting Covid-19.

“I did not occur for the support for the reason that I was frightened of contracting Covid-19 as I read that some nurses and medical professionals at the healthcare facility had been contaminated with the virus,” 17-year-previous Nana Ama told the GNA.

A different adolescent lady said “I was unable to see my boyfriend due to the fact of the limitations primarily through the lockdown and I consequently made the decision to abstain and not go for the family members planning”.

In the meantime, 2020 facts on adolescent sexual reproductive health indicators from the Tema Metropolitan Health and fitness Directorate unveiled that only one particular particular person from Tema Manhean assessed relatives scheduling even though logistics have been obtainable.

The determine confirmed a drastic change from the high figures of adolescents on family planning in 2019 and 2018 which stood at 1,585 and 574 respectively.

The Tema Metropolitan Adolescent Wellbeing Focal Particular person, Mrs. Grace Eddy Amewu, in an interview with the Ghana Information Agency at Tema disclosed that there was a slight reduce in adolescent pregnancies in 2020.

Mrs Amewu claimed 502 adolescent pregnancies had been recorded in 2020 as from the 511 recorded in 2019.

She explained out of the 502 documented, Manhean topped the listing with 287, though Tema South noticed 158, Group one particular 43, with 17 adolescent pregnancies at Tema North.

She further reported 51 abortions connected scenarios were recorded amid adolescents in the 12 months 2020, adding that, all the circumstances were being recorded within just Tema South, as Neighborhood 1, Manhean and Tema North all documented zero abortions.

The Adolescent Well being Focal Person also discovered that HIV/AIDS between the adolescents observed a reduce from 27 persons in 2019 to 22 in 2020.



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