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NYA Sensitizes on Teenage Pregnancy and Drug Abuse

On Friday 30th June, 2023 the National Youth Authority in collaboration with Center for National Culture organized a sensitization program at Bompieso to help educate the youth on causes and negative effects of Teenage pregnancy and Drug and substance abuse with an effort to change the recent trends of bad practices among the youthful age in our communities.

Date Created : 7/3/2023 12:00:00 AM : Story Author : Ghanadistricts.com / Samuel Owusu

Teenage pregnancy and substance abuse are major causes of development related challenges that denies the youthful population in the country from realizing their growth and impact in their families as well as their relevant in the communities. To respond to the causes and effects of teenage pregnancy and Drug abuse, programs, projects, policies, laws and plans have been implemented by different stakeholders; both public, private and civil society actors of which the National Youth Authority is a proud advocacy of such situations.

Three schools were combine namely, Trust pep school, Rams pep school and Bompieso M/A, the program started with nice drama from the students of Bompieso M/A, the drama was done to explain vividly the negative effects of Teenage and Drug abuse to the gathering which was well plan and properly exhibited to the audience by the students. Afterwards a health professional was invited to address the gathering on the causes and negative effects of Teenage pregnancy and Drug abuse to the youth.

Speaking to the gathering, Madam Eunice Gyamfuah Akomanin the health personnel said Incidences of teenage pregnancies and drug abuse are triggered by factors such as social and cultural attributes, weakness in enforcement of existing policies and laws by those in authority, effects of poverty, economic constraints, lack of responsibility from those entrusted to ensure safety of teenagers, and peer influence.

The risk factors in many occasions have led to school dropout, attracting of sexually transmitted diseases, early marriages, stigma and discrimination against adolescent pregnant girls, and difficulties in accessing reproductive health services; loss of one’s brain, with youth from poor backgrounds affected most. therefore, the youth especially the school going age must be very careful not indulge into such behavior, she again advices them to study hard and be careful of bad friends.