Early pregnancy in developing countries: - determinants of adolescent girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Teenage pregnancy is not only a health problem, but also a development problem. They are deeply rooted in many causes such as poverty, gender inequality, violence of all kinds, forced child marriages, power imbalances between girls and their partners, lack of education, and failure of systems or institutions that should protect their rights. When an adolescent girl becomes pregnant, her present life and future change radically, and rarely for the better: she may be forced to drop out of school; her employment prospects vanish; and her vulnerability to poverty, exclusion and dependency increases. (UNFPA, 2013).

About the author

Jean Christophe Bukasa Tshilonda - Degree in Nursing from the ISTM in Kinshasa, Master of Public Health and Doctoral Candidate from the School of Public Health at the University of Lubumbashi, Member of the French learned society of hospital hygiene (SF2H), of AFQUARIS (Morocco), of the American Society of Microbiology, Head of Works at the ISTM.

Product details

• Authors: Jean Christophe Bukasa Tshilonda, Hope Mbombo, Félicien Tshimungu
• Publisher: Our Knowledge Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.02.2024
• EAN: 9786207174386
• ISBN: 9786207174386
• No. of pages: 64
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General