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High number of teen pregnancies in Fiji reveal more issues

05:03 am on 21 June 2017

The high number of teenage pregnancies in Fiji has highlighted issues of child abuse and the lack of support for young mothers.

New figures show 1,456 pregnancy cases were recorded in girls between the ages of 15 and 19 in 2016.

Sela Jane Aholelei reports.

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