•    Activities were completed with parades and cultural events

A few talks and activities were carried out in San Andres in the framework of the Plan Andino para la Prevención del Embarazo en Adolescentes. Initiative of the Ministries of Health of Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú and Venezuela, grouped through the Organismo Andino de Salud. Activities which are carried out from 19 to 30 September under the name Semana Andina de Prevención de Embarazo en Adolescentes.

Sexual violence under fourteen years of age, the role of parents in the construction of children and adolescent sexuality, clandestine abortion and the voluntary pregnancy interruption, are the topics to be addressed by skilled speakers, invited by the Secretariat of Health.

“These campaigns to raise awareness in the community on pregnancy in adolescents in our insular territory are very important for the Departmental Government. For this, modern promotional tools were included such as “theatre in your neighborhood”, which was successfully carried out in different sectors of the island with audiovisual material regarding the topic”, as stated by Juliana Jessie, public server of the Secretariat of Health.

Next Friday, 30 September a 5 kilometer trekking starting from the Coral Palace square and finishing at the Wellingworth May Stadium will be carried out where cultural activities to close the reflection day will be conducted.
 
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