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According to Unwanted
Fertility in South Africa , a recently published report from Statistics
South Africa, “about 20% of all births in the five years preceding the 2016
Demographic and Health Survey (including pregnancies at the time),
happened when women were not planning on having any more children”.
The report,
based on demographic health data from 1998 and 2016, shows an increase in the
percentage of unwanted births from 17.3% in 1998 to 20.4% in 2016.
Various forms of temporary contraception
are already available in the public sector in South Africa – including condoms
and birth control pills, intra-uterine devices and contraceptive implants for
women - although availability of these various options varies between
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The City of Joburg’s Department of Health and Social Development will hold webinar sessions aimed educating residents about STIs, teenage pregnancy and medical male circumcision as part of the National Sexual and Reproductive Health Month.
The webinar sessions will be streamed live on the City’s online platforms on 12, 16 and 18 February 2021.
February was declared National Sexual and Reproductive Health Month in 2006 due to increasing number of teenage pregnancies, HIV/Aids infection and sexual transmitted infections.
Member of Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Health and Social Development, Cllr Eunice Mgcina, says the City will also undertake a number of activities during this month in all the City’s healthcare facilities to highlight the importance of regular screening; testing and continued adherence to medicine intake.
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