Colombia: 10 year old girl from Wayuu tribe gives birth to baby

Posted on April 10, 2012 • Filed under: Colombia, Latin America Health, Latin America Indigenous Issues, Social Issues

A 10-year-old girl in Colombia has become one of the world’s youngest mothers after giving birth to a baby girl. Doctors delivered the baby by caesarean section after the girl, a member of the indigenous Wayuu tribe, arrived at a hospital in Manaure in tears.The girl, who has not been named, was 39 weeks pregnant when she appeared at the hospital in pain from contractions and bleeding. It was the first time doctors had seen the girl during her pregnancy. Read Article

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