Uganda: Unsafe Abortions Continue to Claim Lives As Experts Call for Better Reproductive Health Education

[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- At the age of 16, Sharon Namyalo found herself facing an unplanned pregnancy while still in secondary school. Fearful of her parents' reaction and the stigma associated with teenage pregnancy, she turned to unsafe methods in an attempt to terminate the pregnancy -- a decision that nearly cost her life.