Thailand's teenage pregnancy rate is the highest in Southeast Asia and the second highest in the world, according to the Public Health Ministry's Bureau of Reproductive Health. Last few month teen mom are on the rise. Girls aged between
15-19 if we are counting the girl in 1,000, we are getting teen-mom on 54 persons from 1,000 persons. The number of live births by girls aged 15-19 increased 43% between 2000 and 2011.
So, over past month ago, one of the most discussed online topics in Thailand is the Public Health Ministry’s plan to seek co-operation from the Education Ministry to install condom-vending machines in school in order to curb teenage pregnancy.
But recently conclusion from the Education Ministry on 18th Feb 2014, They allowed the school to install condom-vending machines in school only the school that interest to install them.