GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization's office for Europe on Thursday decried a decline in condom use by adolescents in recent years, warning of risks of infection and unplanned pregnancies in countries from Canada to central Asia.
Associated PressGENEVA — The World Health Organization's office for Europe on Thursday decried a decline in condom use by adolescents in recent years, warning of risks of infection and unplanned pregnancies in countries from Canada to central Asia.
"While results varied widely across the countries and regions, the most important observed trend since the in 2014 is of declines in some countries and regions in condom use among sexually active 15-year-olds," said Dr. Hans Kluge, WHO Europe regional director, in a preface to the report. In the countries where"age-appropriate" sexuality education is available,"it has increasingly come under attack in recent years on the false premise that it encourages sexual behavior," Kluge added.
Overall, the proportion of teens who reported having intercourse remained"relatively stable" since 2014 — with one in five 15-year-old boys and 15% of girls of the same age reporting having had sex. The figure for boys was down slightly from 2018, when one in four reported having had intercourse.
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