Guyana has the second highest rate of adolescent pregnancy in the Western hemisphere, Public Health Minister Dr George Norton said yesterday, while adding that 97 out of every 1,000 girls between the ages of 15 and 19 give birth annually.
Delivering the feature address at the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association’s (GRPA) 42nd annual general meeting at the Cara Lodge, he bemoaned the fact that little has been done to address the issue of adolescent pregnancies through the school system. He advocated that the taboo regarding sex education needs to
