Emily Simon Photography

Teen Pregnancy in Uganda

Peace, 16, moments after delivering her baby in a Ugandan hospital. Patients are required to bring their own bed sheets for the bed, and cotton to be used in delivery. The posters hung above the hospital bed warn of fatal risks during pregnancy including excessive bleeding. Besides from a brief visit from the matron of the shelter, she was mostly alone for the two nights she was in the hospital.
Peace, 16, moments after delivering her baby in a Ugandan hospital. Patients are required to bring their own bed sheets for the bed, and cotton to be used in delivery. The posters hung above the hospital bed warn of fatal risks during pregnancy including excessive bleeding. Besides from a brief visit from the matron of the shelter, she was mostly alone for the two nights she was in the hospital.