By Newsbreak Producer Talisha Naidoo - Every year, an estimated 21 million girls aged between 15-19 years in developing regions become pregnant. From this figure, approximately 12 million of these adolescent girls give birth. That's according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). To address the high rates of teenage pregnancies in Africa, humanitarian aid organisation - UNICEF - advises that nations invest in comprehensive sexual education. International non-profit organisation - Ibis Reproductive Health has partnered with AMAZE.org - a health YouTube channel - to provide free and age-appropriate sexual education to youth in developing countries. Tshegofatso Bessenaar, Director of Southern Africa Programmes at Ibis says sex ed is crucial in youth development, as it equips young people with accurate information to make informed decisions...

<p>By Newsbreak Producer Talisha Naidoo - Every year, an estimated 21 million girls aged between 15-19 years in developing regions become pregnant. From this figure, approximately 12 million of these adolescent girls give birth. That's according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). To address the high rates of teenage pregnancies in Africa, humanitarian aid organisation - UNICEF - advises that nations invest in comprehensive sexual education. International non-profit organisation - Ibis Reproductive Health has partnered with AMAZE.org - a health YouTube channel - to provide free and age-appropriate sexual education to youth in developing countries. Tshegofatso Bessenaar, Director of Southern Africa Programmes at Ibis says sex ed is crucial in youth development, as it equips young people with accurate information to make informed decisions...</p>

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