Dear colleagues,
I am a part of a group of Public Health graduate students from the University of California, Los Angeles learning about health program planning. We are currently working on a project that aims to reduce the prevalence of teen pregnancy in Malawi. In our research, we came across your clinic and were hoping to establish a dialogue, since we lack first hand experience with the country. While we are not planning to actually implement our program at this time, we are very interested in learning more about the state of reproductive healthcare, especially for teens in Malawi. We would be so grateful to gain some firsthand knowledge to supplement the studies and journal articles we are reading about. Specifically, what are the type of youth services currently offered? What, do you feel, is lacking in reproductive health services directed toward youth? What is the attitudes among the teens about seeking out reproductive health counseling? Thank you so much to taking the time to answer these questions.
Sincerely, Marisa Cohen Community Health Sciences University of California at Los Angeles mlcohen@ucla.edu
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Teen pregancy is a big issue in the city of Dundee, Scotland where I work. Despite free availability of contraception, teenage ‘drop in clinics’ and health education within schools, our area has one of the highest rates in the UK.