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500 school girls give birth monthly in Pallisa District

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May 25, 2021
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500 school girls give birth monthly in Pallisa District

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Pallisa. At least 500 school going girls in the Eastern District of Pallisa, some of whom are defiled give birth monthly in the period from March 2020 to date, the Health Office has said.

Dr. Godfrey Mulekwa, the Pallisa District Health Officer said the increasing rate at which young girls are delivering babies in the district is worrying.

“The district during the lockdown experienced a teenage pregnancy boom and on average, each of the villages registered 15 cases of teenage pregnancy. Records at health centers across the district show that more than 500 teenagers deliver at different facilities every month,” Mulekwa said.

Angela Akello, a nursing assistant at Pallisa main hospital said early this month during the launch of the Pallisa District Family Planning–Costed Implementation Plan (DFP-CIP) 2020-2025, at the Red Cross main hall in Pallisa district that the number of early pregnancies in the district is higher than what is recorded in the health facilities because majority of them deliver in villages being attended to by traditional birth attendants.

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 “Teenage pregnancies are rampant in rural communities only that most of them prefer to abort with the help of traditional birth attendants and health workers in private clinics so we do not get the accurate figures,” she said.

John Michael Okurut, the former Pallisa District Chairperson notes that the increasing teenage pregnancies have contributed to the high poverty levels in the district, with many families eating only once a day.

Simon Opolot, a resident of Pallisa town council said teenage pregnancy tremendously affects the family in terms of finances because most of the time perpetrators do not meet their responsibilities or run away in fear of being arrested.

Records at Pallisa central police station indicate that at least two to three cases of defilement are reported daily in the district.

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