BANGKOK, Feb 11 – Thailand’s Ministry of Social Development and Human Security disclosed that Thai girls are ranked as Asia’s top for unready pregnancies, with 9-year-old girls found as the youngest child-bearers.

Wichien Chawalit, the ministry’s permanent-secretary, presided over an event for the campaign against unready pregnancies, held Tuesday at Nonthaburi province’s Home for Disabled Babies (Bann Fuengfah), which is under the ministry’s care.

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