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	Deputy Public Health Minister Somsak Chunharas told reporters on the sidelines of the International Planned Parenthood Federation conference that in 2012, teen mothers in the age group gave birth to 129,451 babies, or 53.8 per 1,000. This rate would be reduced to below 50 within 2017, he said.</div>
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	He said that this would require an integrated approach, through cooperation with health and non-health agencies.</div>
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Teen pregnancy reduction eyed

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