Mexico, 7 Apr (EFE).-some 480,000 (24%) of the 2 million births each year there in Mexico correspond to mothers aged between 14 and 19 years old, today reported the Mexican health secretariat (Ministry).
Also a pregnancy at such an early age raises five times the risk of dying in obstetric care, said in a statement the Deputy Director of Sexual Health and reproductive of the national centre of equity, gender and reproductive health in the Department of health, Alejandro Rosas Solis.
“In a teenage pregnancy is considered high risk derived from the immaturity of his body, so that puts them at risk of pre-eclampsia or bleeding, suffering that rank among the five leading causes of maternal mortality”, said the expert.
Also warned that there are also impact on the health of the newborn, low weight, pulmonary immaturity and temperature control problems, situations threatening the life of the baby.
Long-term consequences of a pregnancy are early that many of the young people being frustrated their life project having to drop out of school and enter a labour market limited on many occasions.
The Ministry considers that “more than 60% of teenage pregnancies were unplanned” by couples, many of which do not use condoms or other methods of control.
“Lack of use of some method of contraception at first intercourse increases the risk of unplanned pregnancies and the spread of infections of sexual transmission and the Human Papilloma Virus and HIV/AIDS”, warned the Agency.
This situation Rosas Solis demanded that programmes of information and care for adolescents enhance.
“It is necessary to talk to our children about sexuality, which is an essential part of the human being.” “Communicate to a teenager that all sexual conduct has an impact is crucial to make decisions in an informed manner,” concluded the specialist. EFE
