Trends on Prevalence of Teenage Pregnancy and Age-specific Fertility Rates in a Caribbean Country: A Call for Regional Intervention
Anderson Ikeokwu, Rebecca Lawrence, Daniel Osieme, Janet Funmilayo, Olamide Zainab Sadik & Adedeji Okikiade · Asian Journal of Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2021
Introduction: Adolescents in the Caribbean region continue to experience poor reproductive health outcomes, including high rates of first birth before the age of 20 years. Teenage pregnancies are a worldwide cause of concern. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), abou...