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High number of teen mums in Meru, Nairobi County worries residents

The number of adolescents presenting with pregnancy at first Antenatal Care (ANC) visit has declined from 317 thousand in 2021 to 260 thousand in 2022, representing an 18 per cent decrease. The latest survey report by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics indicates the number of adolescents pregnant at the age of 10-19 years has decreased since 2018.

The number of adolescents between the ages of 10-14 that presented with pregnancy at first ANC visits reduced from 23,290 in 2021 to 15,043 in 2022.
Moreover, those of 15-19 years presenting with pregnancy at 1st ANC reduced by 16.6 per cent to 245,399 in 2022.

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