Helping teenagers become good mums
Being a teenage mum is not easy. But innovative projects around the world are trying to help.\n \nWe hear from Sierra Leone, where the 2 Young Lives project supports teenagers who've been rejected by their families for getting pregnant. They link them up with older women who step in to look after them.\n \nComplications during pregnancy and childbirth are a leading cause of death for 15\u201319-year-old girls globally. But the mentors are making sure the young mums get the medical support they need.\n \nAfter giving birth, the early years of motherhood can be problematic for teenagers too.\n \nWe also hear from Brazil, where a team of researchers and nurses is teaching young mothers the skills they need to form strong attachments to their children.\n \nBy getting their mothers to do things like read to their toddlers, the researchers say they can improve the children's future development and give them better life prospects.\n \nPresenter: Myra Anubi\nReporters: Amelia Martyn-Hempill and Marcia Reverdosa\nProducer: Daniel Gordon\nExecutive producer: Tom Colls\nEditor: Penny Murphy\n \nImage: Tamires Salviano and her child