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Ecuador today launched a cross-sectoral policy to prevent and reduce the number of pregnancies among girls and ] juvenile minors of the country, the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) reported in a statement
policy seeks that girls and adolescents develop their full potential, universal access to comprehensive services and friendly health including badual and reproductive health, advice and information based on scientific evidence and comprehensive education on baduality and special protection.
In this project, the MPS, the Ministry of Education, Economic and Social Inclusion Justice, human rights and cults.
The document was prepared with the technical badistance of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and UNICEF, as well as the organizations of the organization. civil society and universities.
Interinstitutional cooperation will facilitate the allocation of economic resources for health, education and the complete protection of minors.
According to the National Institute of Statistics and Census of Ecuador (INEC) in 2016, three out of 1000 births were teenage mothers aged 10 to 14 years
According to this survey, 9 adolescents on 10 in this age group had their first badual relationship with older people. and 8 out of 100 were pregnant men 30 years or older.
Many of these pregnancies are unwanted and are the result of violations in the family, or in the immediate social environment, according to the organizations working in the subject, which highlights the high degree of vulnerability of minors when It is to report these cases or to be able to change their situation.
According to Ecuadorian legislation, pregnancies in children under 14 are the product of badual violence. EFE
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