Ghana: ‘B/A reports more cases of abortion among adolescents’

‘B/A reports more cases of abortion among adolescents’

Biiya Mukusah Ali
5 April 2017

Statistics from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) show that reported cases of abortion among adolescents in the Brong Ahafo Region increased from 1,161 in 2015 to 1,224 last year.

This represents 12.7 per cent of the national figure, making the region the third highest region with reported adolescent abortion cases.

However, at the national level, recorded cases of abortion among adolescents during the period decreased from 9,944 in 2015 to 9,612 cases last year.

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