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Adolescent pregnancy in Latin America and the Caribbean: Seeking reproductive justice for Afrodescendent women and girls

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A lack of infrastructure in the Bocas del Toro Province of Panama forces many women to travel long distances to receive even basic healthcare. © UNFPA Panama

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Classes have begun at the new National Midwifery School in Port-Au-Prince, housed in a new earthquake-resistant building following the devastating quake that hit Haiti in January 2010. UNFPA

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