Organisations alarmed by increase of early pregnancies in Kasungu since closure of schools

Following the closure of schools in the country as a preventive measure against COVID-19 pandemic, the Kasungu district early pregnancy report for primary school students has indicated alarming figures for pregnant girls and early marriages in the district.

It has been established that since the shutdown of schools due to covid-19 pandemic, Kasungu has so far recorded a total of 573 early pregnancies while 208 girls and 113 boys got married.

This was revealed on Wednesday during the meeting organized by the District Education Network (DEN) which brought together various governmental and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), political and religious leaders to scrutinize and develop a road map to curb further hiking of figures.