Young girl to motherhood campaign is an integral part of Sali Hoe Cervical Cancer Screening and Vaccination Center, our idea is to educate young girls from the age of 16 to 25 (undergraduates, adolescents ) on the dangers of premarital sex.
An interaction with young girls reveals most girls of about 16 years or below in our society have indulged in sexual intercourse, some of them had their first sexual encounter due to peer pressure or sexual abuse and majority of these young girls are not aware of other dangers associated with premarital sex.
There are other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), having other STIs — such as Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis and HIV/AIDS, — increases their risk of getting infected by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), and if not detect early might prelude to cervical cancer.
Basically, if a girl start having sex at the age 16, by age 18 she should be screening for cervical cancer, which will be exactly 3 years after her first sexual intercourse.