Sexual Transmitted Infections and Ways to prevent them

 Unguided sexual exploration among adolescents lead to infection with diseases that are sexually transmitted. Increase in sexually transmitted diseases in the world today can be attributed to earlier initiation into sexual activity, promiscuity, and poor access to contraception and treatment facilities among adolescents.

Population Action International recorded that WHO estimated 1 out of 20 teenagers world wide acquired STD each year. In Kenya, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, between 16 and 36 percent of youth tested in small scale studies had one or more STDs. Adolescents especially girls are more at risks of AIDS. Worldwide, among the 15 million people infected with HIV, rates of infection appear to be highest for women ages 25 and 25 and for males ages 25 to 35.

Prostitution

The current harsh economic situations in some Africa countries, moral laxity , poor religious background, broken homes and lack of parental care are forcing many female adolescents into prostitution. Prostitution as an act of collecting money and materials for sexual services  rendered to opposite sex that one is not married to. In it, sex is seen as power game rather than shared pleasure.

A visit to hotels in big cities, oil drilling and mining areas, females halls of residence in tertiary institutions of learning will reveal the extent of adolescent prostitution in Africa.