Nearly 5000 young girls impregnated between Jan and Feb 2021
Upon realising that she was pregnant at 15 years, Kudzai felt worthless and lost all her hope, as she watched her dreams slip away. She knew all too well the stigma that surrounds early pregnancy in her community and at school and that she could not continue with her education.
“We have adolescent boys and girls who frequently visit MSF adolescent-friendly clinics to have HIV testing, counselling services, mental health support and access to other sexual reproductive health services. With the realisation that most of the teenage girls coming to our clinics in Mbare suburb were pregnant, we formed a teen mums club to offer medical care and psychosocial support to the pregnant young girls,” says Grace Ayuelu, MSF, Mbare Project Medical Representative.
“I was about to write my Ordinary Level at a local secondary school when it happened,” Kudzai narrates. Kudzai was encouraged by her friend to go to MSF Adolescent clinic for medical check-ups. She was encouraged to join the teen mum's club when she visited the clinic. Without hesitation, she joined. It was an important step for her.
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