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TEEN PREGNANCIES AND SELF HARM

According to Kenya's Health Ministry, 1 in every 5 adolescents of girls aged between 15 to 19 are already mothers with their first child. Emerging evidence from LANCET suggests that unwanted teenage pregnancies are a major contributor to suicidal harm in adolescent girls in Sub Saharan Africa. In this episode we investigate whether Kenya is doing enough to give teenage mothers a second chance.

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