In Burundi, sexual health education helps youth protect themselves, their futures

BUJUMBURA, Burundi –“During my youth, I had to abort four times,” said Cecile Nshimirimana*, a student in Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura. The procedures were illegal – in Burundi, abortion is permitted only to save a woman’s life.“I was afraid for my life when [on one occasion] it was dark and the doctor had only two candles to light [the room],” she recalled. She had not learned how to protect herself from an unintended pregnancy – something that is considered taboo in her conservative community.
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