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One in five teen girls in Kenya is pregnant, health report shows

Sexual activity among adolescents was highly dependent on the partnership’s status. [iStockphoto]

One in every five adolescent girls in Kenya is pregnant, according to a study that ranks the country the third highest in teenage pregnancies globally.

The first ever Sexual Reproductive Health Development Impact Bond study undertaken on sexually active adolescent girls aged between 15 and 19 was conducted in 16 counties and found that sexual activity among adolescents was highly dependent on the partnership’s status: those with a partner recorded the highest activity. 

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