Times of Eswatini

Section Editor Teenage pregnancy: Risks and realities

- By Vumile maVimBela

pre‰a…› is a lesa…Œoert…h‰airllsei‰e ˆso™raatdioiǦǤ EENAGE urretl› the adoles…et „irth rate stads at ͺ͹ per ͳ ͲͲͲ adoǦ les…etsǡ ad teea‰e pre‰a…› tishrieo„…uoetiuo‰ˆttrth›oǤes…haoiol ˆdar…otoprosu…tsoiǦ alrl›‰…a…oo…ri…sduairti‰iotopȋothoer …oȌoǡrtlhdeu›euiatsileu­thsǦ la…eitǤ ‰ edu…atio ad eplo›Ǧ …hihlde›aarrerial‰seoǡ laioituetd…ooe™olǦˆ steoedš‰ueatol…ˆ˜o…iootlretar…ae…pǤetpi˜teiosǡ aǡ si™a„eilliat›s ˆerelthto™ua‰›hstthoeprr­ee˜aereta atee›da‰iˆeǦ e‰thˆiˆrel…oˆtri˜ol›eios„see…štohualtiais„‰sapt„irseeo‰lu…ateeǤ lt›ǡ

his ethod is the ol› oe tteihea‰t p‰ˆruoea‰raa…otetetarsad…otpiri‰ostae…o›tˆss‰teehšteǦǦ

Tȋualls›ȌǤtrasitted iˆe…tios pTeaEEiN‰AtGoEPeaRl­tEhGNrAa…NtiCtiYoer iile lopheǡ she said ost teea‰ers ™ere ot a™are oˆ ha‰oe™…ˆoaulllid‰ppurte„‰otahthaet ali›˜oeuso‰ˆ ‰theerǤeh™e „stoartedatdhat oththeer oithdearǯsǦ thee™ˆ olˆlˆos™prii‰‰ǣ …ould ešperie…e „oro™seareddih…eraelatshe­dˆorristhoeˆ eaer™l›Ǧ iˆat deathǢ retarded …o‰iti˜eǡ espe…iall› ˜er„alǡ de˜elopetǡ lo™ered edu…atioal a…hie˜eǦ e…trǡ eloa™s edred„eŒoh„a˜atitoauirperot„ǣ Ǧ l™earspǡ elod™seor…eidaildpeu˜lesleo…poterotlǢ i…reased ™elˆare depede…› toeˆethae‰etreotehedros usuesˆtˆ„ee…tat™haerier ioˆˆtshperiˆu‰tu™reiǡllahad˜teheohis‰oh…ireist› …ohˆ itlhde„…e›……ole reespaetae­tei‰Ǥ o…e this ˆor a ˆe™ hours up to a da› ˆro i›o‰uers„tiod‰il‰›asrli…eǤll ™t …hae e›˜oeusa™ˆˆeea…ttǤ le›‰o™oidthreor esdh›oristlt›oaeˆatet rˆries‰hepstairs‰Ǧ s…‰haerelelil­s…ǤeǤ

ǡ …athearlsˆooldeas˜tueˆaˆǡ llii‰ee„rilu‰e he ost …oo liˆest›le ha„it r…eatutseisǤ ‰ halitosis is soi‰ …i‰aǦ alostooop›oslu›riotapsirteo‰˜siese›thsoaeutri­ido„eraeˆloaǤ trhtˆǡo™„ouidltlǤ aˆltterrsatoi˜eil›‰ǡ …raisails‰o›hoeulprǤouth ‰io‰oi˜ritoisrȋai­lˆhe›…‰tiioe oeˆǡ t…hae˜‰iutie sȌaarde ›tshioseuǤ rtoel esetthd…io…a‰‰„uoea s…iaa‰uˆtseoerˆs‰„oirˆuh‰sia˜hliittios‰ǦǤ t is a …oo is…o…eptio that …lheialdrie‰ǯasstethet­eh› daoreotl›etedrpeo‰rualra›rǤ „uhte atelseoths­proetaodli›ˆdee……taio›asto™tehlleǡ

RISKS

other ˆor oˆ teea‰e pre‰Ǧ a…› pre˜etio that i › surirouusitdisio‰r‰„ulo…sǤ ed ose results i outh „reathi‰Ȁdr› outh ad …aosealasod…aliusiet haoliutoths­i„sǤrealteha­ir›‰oǤ ur etraar…ˆiteǡ…lˆtieio…etistoherlsopear™toǡhdteour…eseisllpathurǡe­slau™irh™‰i…aoh›r os…eaˆ tht…ieas‰ues™eieatdhti…rhaaallsist›ˆoesriprsetǤo­dssǡ ietlilsǡ p„erestǦ

ˆ ›ou ha˜e halitosis alo‰ ™ith a› opiio should „e tau‰ht i s…hools are the ˜arious the …oǦ to see ›our health …are ™orerǣ eǦ ˜erǡ „leedi‰ ˆro air™a›ǡ …ou‰hi‰ǡ ™ei‰ht lossǡ …hest paiǡ shortess oˆ „reoathe oreedair…al……hoeǤ ditios …a also l…iaeu›esˆdeaiihalu„arleietǤoi…sise™dtoih…aae…lidˆouolslo…iso™autrpdo…llaeidrdeǦǡ is tBherreeusaihredysio…ouartetdetǤei­pthsoat ttowpicree­Ǧ ˜et sell› „reathǣ tral…tehpotui˜‰ehtae„…hstii“eue…seǤ reais thae…„›esat™oa›‰ toeeprae‰˜erstǡ iptries‰aǦ ˆau…t t„heart othˆetrheeare™shtioll ™a illalr„‰e i˜oorl˜thedisireasesšouaǡ litrieslaitioposrǤtat that tees „e pro˜ided ™ith „road iˆoratio o ho™ to …dostorar…eesptoi˜esit„el…›husii“u‰e˜sǤarious a …oosdtooˆ dztǤhe seš edu…atio i s…hools …osists oˆ oe essa‰eǣ Dz oǯt ha˜e sešǡ „ut iˆ ›ou doǡ use

or ost teea‰ersǡ the real …ose“ue…es oˆ ha˜i‰ a …hild at a ›ou‰ a‰e are uo™Ǥ

ees eed to „e a™are oˆ the harsh realit› oˆ raisi‰ a „a„› aduthpelae‰eadtip˜reee‰ˆˆea…t…s›t…haat …thaeus…ehiildǯs„oli˜thestǤhe other ad Œo„o oaˆs preasreart…shashdo™s…sǡhiotoisl­sthtoe tea…h tees a„out the e‰ati˜e eˆˆeh…etps aorˆetetes…aa‰esptroe‰‰al›i…›ˆǤluǦ ™e„›h…teaetithhe‰eitrihs…eshutieildoreˆetsoeǯšs„eadriei…s˜iesosilǤo˜eds ollo™ he ies ȋ ™itterȌ ad oȋˆstsa™‰aratiȌi “ˆourerieosretoo­occthdiosct@opswi…Ǥazil.snoeǡtsǤ ed ›our o……upatioal health related dr.thys

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Pic) Since the adolescent body is still developing, it is not quite as well-equipped for dealing with the effects of pregnancy and childbirth, this can cause problems to the mother and newborn.(Courtesy
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