More than 33 percent of teenagers in Bangladesh do not get proper education about puberty health, even more than 11.3 percent of young girls in the country conceive in puberty and 16 to 18 percent of them suffer from various mental problems due to child marriage.
This information was given in the main article in a workshop titled "Smart Health Care for Smart Bangladesh: Good Health, AI Validation" organized by Simed Health on Sunday (January 14).
Speakers at the event said that child marriage is the underlying cause of social stigma, cultural prohibition and gender inequality.Child marriage, low use of low contraception, adolescents' high fertility rates and poor sexual health contribute to the event.
