campaign to prevent teenage pregnancy

2022-09-16 22:26:23 By : Ms. Cherry Luo

Dr. Miguel Ruoti, president of the SPGO, explained that although the number of pregnant adolescents is currently lower than it was a decade or two ago, it does not mean that our guard should be lowered in the face of this situation."Our numbers are down, but they're still not ideal," he said.This context leads the group to intervene from a social perspective, to carry out an awareness campaign on teenage pregnancy, emphasizing the drama of girl mothers.In addition to SPGO, the campaign is accompanied by the MSP, the Ministry of Women, Paraguay Marathon Club and private companies in the pharmaceutical area.Orientation.Ruoti points out that in the case of adolescents it is a preventable situation, bringing information about the different contraceptive methods.In this sense, he clarifies that it is not just a question of giving a pill or placing a copper device, but rather talking about all the methods that exist for the patient to choose.“We want to make the population aware of the situations we are going through.One of them is the approach to adolescent mothers, another is maternal deaths, with all that this implies.The third part of the campaign is the reduction of premature births, which are those that are in third place in terms of neonatal death.Ruoti added that they do not leave aside the analysis of domestic and obstetric violence.The president of the SPGO also clarifies that with this campaign they do not encourage sexual relations in adolescents."On the contrary, in the event that they exist, that they do not occur again and if they do, that it be with protection, not only from pregnancy but everything related to sexually transmitted diseases," he asserted.Congress.From May 1 to 5, at the Conmebol Convention Center, the XV Congress of the Paraguayan Society of Gynecology will be held.Dr. Miguel Ruoti anticipates that during the event, the campaign presented yesterday will be launched.Within the activities, they will be giving talks with doctors who work in the area.Later they will make awareness talks in educational centers.