Summary of Findings on Research on Effective Gender Transformative Interventions That Are Changing Communities’ Attitudes and Behavior Towards Ending Child Marriage and Teenage Pregnancy in 5 Refugee Hosting Districts in Uganda.
- Updated 4/28/2021
The data available based on health information systems show an increasing trend in teenage pregnancy in all 5 districts. In 2019 there were 22,494 teenage pregnancies recorded in the 5 districts compared with 19,226 cases recorded in the same districts in 2016 reflecting an increase of 17.0% within 3 years period alone. Clearly, this indicates an increasing trend of teenage pregnancy cases in the 5 districts surveyed.