Unintended pregnancy remains a significant global health issue. A recent UNFPA report suggesting nearly half of all pregnancies, totaling 121 million each year worldwide, are unintended and more than 160 million women have limited access to contraceptives.
This critical problem extends to Thailand, where unintended pregnancy creates another major challenge. According to the Ministry of Public Health, Thailand’s teen birth rate in 2021 sat at 25 per 1,000 teenage girls aged between 15-19 years old, a decrease from 2020’s 28.7 per 1,000 females of the same age. Nevertheless, despite the decreasing rate, unintended pregnancies still need urgent addressing due to potentially leading to poor quality of births that further compound Thailand’s aging population issues.
