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▶️ Teso elders roll sleeves to wrestle teenage pregnancy

Although the legal age of consent for marriage is 18 years, it is common for girls to be married off before that age in Teso, a sub-region that comprises 11 districts in eastern Uganda. 

A nurse helping a teenage mother breastfeed her baby at Soroti Hospital
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalist @NewVision

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New Vision is highlighting the challenge of teenage pregnancy in Uganda with a view to finding a solution to the problem that costs Ugandan taxpayers up

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