[ 2011-04-16 ]

Poverty cited as root cause of bad lifestyles and teenage pregnancies
Dr Satyavathi Sackey, Executive Director of
TeamCare, a women's development and health
oriented non-governmental organisation (NGO), has
attributed the high rate of teenage pregnancy and
bad lifestyles among the youth in the country to
poverty.

"Poverty is one of the root causes of the rampant
teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted
diseases being witnessed among the youth," she
said.

Dr Sackey, who made the observation when she was
launching TeamCare in Accra on Friday, called for
more family planning and sex education for the
youth in order for them to take informed decisions
on sexual issues.

"It is for this reason that we have launched
TeamCare in order to help educate our women on
more issues relating to their health and
wellbeing," she added.

Dr Sackey said TeamCare, established in 1998 and
registered with the Department of Social Welfare
and the Register-General's Department in 2010, had
undertaken a lot of programmes aimed at improving
the welfare of women and the society.

"We have undertaken medical outreaches for
communities in the Central and Greater Accra
Regions as well as churches and Police Depots,"
she added.

Nana David Larbie, Member of Parliament for
Awutu-Senya Constituency in the Central Region,
bemoaned the limited health facilities and urged
government to support organisations working to
boost health care delivery in the country.

He commended TeamCare for the decision to make the
wellbeing of women and children their focus and
pledged the assistance of the constituency towards
their course.

Source - GNA

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