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Participants during the launch at the program.
The Swedish Government through the United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) has extended its Youth Friendly Centre that provides education to both boys and girls on sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) to Sinoe County.
The decision to extend the BRAC implemented program comes shortly after joint members of a high delegation that included Ingrid Wetterqvist, Swedish Ambassador to Liberia, UNFPA Country Representative, Dr. Bannet Ndyanabangi, and Assistant Minister for Curative Services, Ministry of Health, Dr. Gorbee Logan, gathered many positive success stories from Grand Gedeh and River Gee counties where there is reportedly a huge reduction in teenage pregnancy and maternal mortality.
Albertine Siah, a student of the Zwedru Multilateral High School Youth Health Club, said the provisions of free contraceptives and sexual and reproductive health support by the Swedish government has helped them to focus on education.
Residents of Grand Gedeh and River Gee counties have applauded the Swedish government for supporting them with contraceptives and other sexual and reproductive health services.
The ongoing project, which is funded by the Swedish Government through the UNFPA, provides counseling support, and free contraceptives to teenagers who are sexually active.
Implemented by BRAC-Liberia, it seeks to reduce the rate of teenage pregnancy, among females in the southeastern region of Liberia through its Youth Friendly Centre, which provides education to both boys and girls on sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) matters.