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Abortion related research - where are we at & where are the gaps?

The seminar focuses on current and recent abortion related research at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Karolinska Institutet (Swe).

Six researchers and PhD-students are presenting their work from Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe, followed by a discussion session on knowledge gaps and future research needs, facilitated by Veronique Filippi.

Programme:

3:30 - 5:00  Presentations

5:00 - 5:30  Discussions

Speakers:

  • Amanda Cleeve: "Expanding access to post abortion care in Uganda"
  • Tim Powell-Jackson: "Market for medical abortion in Madhya Pradesh, India"
  • Rachel Scott: "Comparing reporting of abortions in three nationally representative surveys: Methodological and social-contextual influences"
  • Onikepe Owolabi: "Utilising near miss morbidity as in indicator of unsafe abortion- experience from Zambia"
  • Jenny Cresswell: "Family planning post-menstrual regulation in Bangladesh: adoption, discontinuation & switching"
  • Christopher Smith: "Effect of a mobile phone-based intervention on post-abortion contraception in Cambodia"
Admission Details: Free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on first come, first served basis. External attendees please contact Amanda Cleeve.