Reproductive age is defined as between 15 and 49 by every demographic health survey in the world. But girls under 15 account for 2 million of the 7.3 million births that occur to adolescent girls under 18 every year in developing countries. ​ Full text available at: <a href=\"https://www.devex.com/news/finding-data-points-to-shed-light-on-girls-left-behind-88521\">https://www.devex.com/news/finding-data-points-to-shed-light-on-girls-le...</a> ..... ​

Latin America and the Caribbean

Finding data points to shed light on girls left behind

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