The prevalence of teenage pregnancy and early motherhood and its associated factors among late adolescent (15–19) years girls in the Gambia: based on 2019/20 Gambian demographic and health survey data

Abstract 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 adolescent fertility rates in Africa, there is no data record about it in The Gambia. Therefore, this study aimed...

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Main Author: Bewuketu Terefe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-09-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14167-9