Two pregnant teenagers during an interview with The Standard. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]
One in every ten girls in Kenya between 15 and 19 years is either pregnant or already a mother, making the country among those with the highest teenage pregnancy rates in sub-Saharan Africa.
Nairobi contributed 6.4 per cent followed by Kakamega, Narok, Meru, Bungoma, and Nakuru. Nationally 22 per cent of all first Antenatal were among adolescents aged 10 to 19 years.
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