More teenagers are falling pregnant in rural South Africa

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Apr 4 2012 (IPS) - A health NGO says increasing numbers of teenagers, some as young as 13, are falling pregnant in an isolated part of South Africa’s Eastern Cape. The Philani organisation says it commonly helps 15-year-old girls in the area who have already had three children. Health workers attribute the situation in the Zidindi district, where most people are unemployed, to a variety of factors, including extreme poverty. This report was compiled by Darren Taylor and voiced by Mia Malan.

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