Youth: At
Risk and in Need of Information and Services
Photo: Nigel Dickenson / Still Pictures
Young mother in a Brazilian slum. More than 14 million adolescent girls
give birth
each year and a large proportion of these pregnancies are unwanted.
Young people need skills, information and services to help them make responsible
decisions about sexual relations and reproduction.
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