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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Non-governmental organisations operating in eastern region have launched a campaign to involve and also empower boys and men in order to end rampant teenage pregnancies.<\/p>\n

The campaign is being spearheaded by Bukedi Action for Integrated Development Initiatives-International (BAfIDI) in partnership with East African Child Helpline Network that works to end teenage pregnancy and gender-based violence.<\/p>\n

This comes after Daily Monitor published a story in which it revealed that more than 5,200 girls between 10 and 19 years had been impregnated and dropped out of school in Butaleja District in two years.<\/p>\n

The findings, which further revealed that of the 5,265 impregnated girls, only 3,596 attended antenatal care, were contained in the survey conducted by Butaleja District Health office.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the launch of the campaign dubbed: Male involvement in fighting teenage pregnancies, in Kibuku Town Council last Sunday, the director of BAFiDI, Mr Abel Walekhwa Wilson, said the campaign aims at ending teenage pregnancies and poverty.<\/p>\n

The findings from BAFiDI indicate that Butaleja District has a teenage pregnancy prevalence of 37 per cent while Kibuku stands at 36 per cent, figures higher than the national average of 25 per cent.<\/p>\n

\u201cEmpowering one male youth saves an average of 20 girls from teenage pregnancies…\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Patrick Mwesigye, the Director of Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum, said: \u201cEngaging men as community champions can change their attitudes of sexual and gender-based violence.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Uganda. Non-governmental organisations operating in eastern region have launched a campaign to involve and also empower boys and men in order to end rampant teenage pregnancies. 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