Reproductive Health Increasingly Under Threat

To prevent health problems, maternal and infant mortality, as well as unhealthy growth of children, it is necessary to educate women who are married young to maintain the health of their reproductive organs.

Kompas/Heru Sri Kumoro

The mural contains a message to avoid early marriage and to pursue more achievements and work on Jalan Bekasi Timur Raya, North Jakarta, Thursday (20/2/2020).

JAKARTA, KOMPAS -- Child marriage threatens the growth of children, especially the reproductive health and lives of girls. Pregnancy poses a risk not only to the girls but also to their offspring.

In the long term, the high incidence of child marriage threatens the quality of human resources. The reason is that the number of infants born to young mothers is closely related to the high rate of tengkes (stunting) in Indonesia.