For many, those numbers were too high, and there is no way they could be realistic.

Survey findings showed that about one in five adolescent girls has either given birth or is pregnant with their first child.

When it comes to health matters, many teens are afraid of going to a health centres for fear of being forced into quarantine—that is a genuine fear, so they are staying away from clinics.

And lastly, health care workers, many of them have no idea on how to deal with such cases as few are trained on the matter.

The sad truth about the teen pregnancy statistics is that children are abused at home by people they know.