Africa Reproductive rights

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ad promoting abstinence in ghana: no sex ad (anti-hiv/aids ― signage). abstinence-only sex education form of sex education teaches not having sex outside of marriage, excluding other types of sexual , reproductive health education, such birth control , safe sex. comprehensive sex education, contrast, covers use of birth control , sexual abstinence.


many unintended pregnancies stem traditional contraceptive methods or no contraceptive measures.


youth sexual education in uganda relatively low. comprehensive sex education not taught in schools; if was, majority of young people not stay in school after age of fifteen, information limited regardless.



a classroom in south africa.


africa experiences high rates of unintended pregnancy, along high rates of hiv/aids. young women aged 15–24 8 times more have hiv/aids young men. sub-saharan africa world region affected hiv/aids, approximately 25 million people living hiv in 2015. sub-saharan africa accounts two-thirds of global total of new hiv infections.


attempted abortions , unsafe abortions risk youth in africa. on average, there 2.4 million unsafe abortions in east africa, 1.8 million in western africa, on 900,000 in middle africa, , on 100,000 in southern africa each year.


in uganda, abortion illegal except save mother s life. however, 78% of teenagers report knowing has had abortion , police not prosecute has abortion. estimated 22% of maternal deaths in area stem illegal, unsafe abortions.








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