1. The monitoring of adolescent births is a competency of the Department of Health. This part of the question may be directed to the Minister of Health.
2(a) . Not applicable.
(b) The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) is cooperating with the Department of Basic Education (DoE) to develop a Plan of Action (PoA) on Teenage Pregnancy. The PoA will be implemented by various departments and stakeholders and the DWYPD will monitor its implementation. In the PoA, the DWYPD will be implementing intergenerational dialogues on teenage pregnancies in communities to prevent teenage pregnancies.