investing in the future in brazil. | in 1991, a survey conducted in northeastern brazil by bemfam, the international planned parenthood federation's affiliate, revealed that 15% of female adolescent respondents had children or were pregnant and that the fertility rate for adolescents aged 15-19 was 41 births/1000. in addition, the fact that 33% of all cases of hiv/aids reported between 1980 and 1996 involved 20-29 year olds means that a significant number were infected as adolescents. bemfam responded by launching (in 1993) a sch ... | 1998 | 12293653 |