‘Visit adolescent health centres’
Young people have been advised to visit the various adolescent health centres in all public health institutions for information and education on their reproductive health status.
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The Tema Metropolitan Health Director, Dr John Yabani, who gave the advice, said regular visits to the centres by adolescents would provide young people with vital information that would help them make informed decisions on their reproductive health.
Dr Yabani was addressing the maiden Adolescent Health Club Inter-School Debate for selected schools at the Chemu Senior High School in Tema in the Greater Accra Region.
The debate was to assess the depth of information the club members had obtained since the various clubs were established in the schools some few months ago.
The debate was on the theme: "Social media is more of a curse than a blessing in promoting adolescent sexual reproductive health in Ghana."
Seven schools took part in the debate, which Chemu Senior High won with 299 points.
The Presbyterian Senior High School in Tema and the Tema Senior High School placed second and third with 253 and 252 points, respectively.
The rest were the Holy Trinity SHS, Methodist Day SHS, Tema Manhean SHS and Kinbu SHS.
The Tema Metropolitan Health Director said his outfit currently had aolescent friendly centres in all the public health institutions in the metropolis and stated that they were working on extending services to private hospitals and other communities.
He stated that in a bid to get adolescent health closer to the youth, about 40 adolescent health clubs had been established in Ghana, out of which 18 were in schools in Tema.
Dr Yabani said by visiting the centres, the adolescents would receive education on sexually transmitted diseases and infections (STDI), contraceptives, substance abuse, dangers of abortion, physical, as well as emotional and sexual abuse.