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Implication of teenage pregnancies to Kenya’s maternal health index

NAIROBI, KENYA: Kenya could see more maternal deaths if trends of teenage pregnancies are not checked and curbed.

And this is reinforced by the National Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Policy 2015 which states that estimates from developing countries indicate that pregnancy and delivery complications, including unsafe abortion, are the second leading causes of death for girls below 20 years.

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