Adolescent reproductive health After lockdown measures and subsequent closure of schools, results from a study by Shikuku et al (2020) in an urban informal setting in Kenya showed an increasing trend in the proportion of adolescent pregnancies from 7.0 to 7.6 between March and June 2020, as compared to a relatively steady trend from 8.8 to 8.9 in 2019. 7 There was an increase in adolescent maternal deaths (6.2–10.9%), increased uptake of FP (127,684 in 2019 compared to 133,173 in 2020) and reduced uptake of PAC services by adolescents (2793 in 2019 compared to 2464 in 2020).
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The impact of COVID-19 mitigation measures on sexual and reproductive health in low- and middle-income countries: a rapid review.
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