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Gender and Child Development Minister Nkandu Luo says government is determined to continue combat maternal death and unsafe abortion in the country.
Professor Luo said increased maternal death and abortion is worrisome as the country is losing a number of young girls.
The Gender and Child Development Minister said this last night during the Family Foundation of Hope Noble banquet for the Smiley Motherhood at Serenity Lodge in Lusaka.
Prof. Luo also disclosed at the same banquet that her ministry will in the next few months launch the Women at Work programme mentor ship for young girls and women.
She said the programme is aimed at sensitising young girls and women on the danger of unsafe abortion.
At the same function, the Family Foundation of Hope also presented the Noble Prize of the Smiley Parenthood to the First Lady Esther Lungu.
Family Foundation of Hope board Chairperson Wilfred Hodari said his organisation’s main agenda is to prevent unplanned pregnancies and abortion among young girls.
Ms Hodari said it is saddening that teenage girls have continued losing their lives due to lack of information on the dangers of unsafe teenage pregnancy termination.
Dr Hodari also called on co-operating partners to come to the rescue of the foundation so that it will be able to assist many people.
