THE KINGDOM OF LESOTHO COMBINED SECOND TO EIGHTH PERIODIC REPORT UNDER THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS AND INITIAL REPORT UNDER THE PROTOCOL TO THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN AFRICA 62% of women and 18% of new-borns receive the recommended postnatal health checks within two days of delivery. Poor and uneducated women who live in rural areas and poor communities (for example, in Botha-Buthe, Mokhotlong and Thaba-Tseka districts) are unlikely to visit any health facility, more likely to give birth at home and are not assisted by a skilled provider, and having an unvaccinated infant. Trends in martenal mortality (1996-2014) Deaths per 100,000 births 1400 1155 1200 1024 1000 762 800 600 400 419 282 200 0 1996 2001 2004 2009 2014 Axis Title Series 1 Source: LDHS 2014 High Teenage pregnancy rate 452. Another challenge which remains in Lesotho is that teenage pregnancy has remained unacceptably high for the past 10 years with estimates of 20% in 2004 and 19% in 2014. These numbers are even higher among adolescent girls in the rural areas than in urban areas. Provision for abortion (article 14 (2) (a)) Legislative measures 156