The government hopes that better access to education will help bring down the high number of teenage pregnancies.

About a third of the population lives in rural, often remote areas, making access to reproductive healthcare a challenge.

UN figures suggest there's a lack of access to contraceptives, a situation which actually worsened between 2003 and 2013.

One factor may be the prevailing tradition and culture which cherishes female fertility. Another may be a government drive to encourage people to have more children in what is the world's most sparsely populated country.