Friday, 10 January 2014

Young, pregnant, living with HIV and denied access to health services

At the age of 14, Stella* is already a mother of two and is expecting her third child. Like 220 million other women and girls in developing countries, Stella lacks access to the contraceptives, information and services she needs to prevent unintended pregnancies.
For Stella, from Kamuli district, Uganda, the lack of access to contraceptives is just one of many challenges she’s already faced in her young life.
http://www.keycorrespondents.org/2013/12/03/young-pregnant-living-with-hiv-and-denied-access-to-health-services/
 

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