Looking back and moving forward: can we accelerate progress on adolescent pregnancy in the Americas?

Looking back and moving forward: can we accelerate progress on adolescent pregnancy in the Americas?

Abstract Adolescent fertility rates in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) remain unacceptably high, especially compared to the region’s declining total fertility rates. The Region has experienced the slowest progress of all regions in the world, and shows major differences between countries and b...

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Main Authors: Sonja Caffe, Marina Plesons, Alma Virginia Camacho, Luisa Brumana, Shelly N. Abdool, Silvia Huaynoca, Katherine Mayall, Lindsay Menard-Freeman, Luis Andres de Francisco Serpa, Rodolfo Gomez Ponce de Leon, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:Reproductive Health
Subjects:
Adolescent pregnancy
Equity
Latin America and the Caribbean
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12978-017-0345-y

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