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Pediatrician calls for early sex education to protect children from abuse
Speaking during a question-and-answer session at the Convergence of Mothers, Dr Aglobitse shared a deeply personal account of a case she encountered early in her medical career involving a two-year-old child who had been sexually abused.
Dr Sharron Makafui Aglobitse is a Specialist Paediatrician at the University of Ghana Medical Centre Specialist Paediatrician at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC), Dr Sharron Makafui Aglobitse, has called for early and deliberate sex education for children, warning that silence around the subject leaves many vulnerable to abuse.
Dr Aglobitse said the incident underscored the urgent need for parents to begin age-appropriate sex education as early as possible, including teaching children about body safety and boundaries.
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