NIGERIA. Lagos, Ikorodu. Ita Elewa Primary Health Center. 03 December 2022. Kehinde Odususi (19) (on the right) is meeting with Chinasa Iyase (on the left), a YMC project coordinator and Tomilola (in the middle), onsite project officer. The Young Mom's Clinic (YMC) provides free ante-natal care services, free baby care items, psychological support and family planning counselling for teenage mothers.

Kehinde got pregnant in 2020 after being sexually abused. The YMC provided her healthcare as well as emotional support and family planning councelling. "I got my confidence back by accessing the YMC" said Kehinde. According to recent UNFPA reports in Nigeria, among teenage girls aged between 15 y.o. and 19 y.o, over 14% (percent) have already had children.