Love in the time of Ebola: teen pregnancy and violence

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Love in the time of Ebola: teen pregnancy and violence

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/love-time-ebola-teen-pregnancy-violence-151352613.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GgCzKpjJYj0l7vLOEbrS4g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-PAR-Par8028980-1-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A mother carries her child as she is briefed by a nurse during a routine visit at the Mabella Community Health Centre in Freetown on November 14, 2014" align="left" title="A mother carries her child as she is briefed by a nurse during a routine visit at the Mabella Community Health Centre in Freetown on November 14, 2014" border="0" /></a>In Ebola-hit Sierra Leone people abide by a chaste new set of social norms which can be broken down to an easily remembered mantra: no touching, and definitely no kissing. Yet aid workers and health professionals worry that under the surface the epidemic is giving rise to a darker trend -- spiralling teenage pregnancies and violence against women. The ABC of Ebola -- &quot;Avoid Body Contact&quot; -- is now deeply ingrained, with people renouncing handshakes and hugs, but the rule stops at the bedroom door. Maternity wards in Freetown have been deserted by women who fear being infected by Ebola, yet nurses report seeing an increase in pregnant teenage girls, some aged as young as 13.</p><br clear="all"/>

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