ICMA Annual Report 2008

ICMA ANNUAL REPORT  2008

Prepared by:

Dr Rodica Comendant, ICMA Coordinator

Susan Yanow MSW, Consultant

Highlights of ICMA’s 2008 accomplishments include:

• The inauguration of new regional networks in Eastern Europe and Asia
• The strengthening and growth of the regional network in Latin America/Caribbean
• Laying the groundwork for a regional network in Africa, launched in early 2009
• Wide dissemination of the ICMA Medical Abortion Information Package, now available in seven languages, through CDs, conference presentations, and the ICMA website
• Publication of the 2007 ICMA conference report on second-trimester abortion, and the publication of papers from that conference in Reproductive Health Matters, an internationally circulated peer-reviewed journal
• Participation in regional and international conferences across the globe to promote medical abortion
• Updating and expanding ICMA’s website to establish it as a worldwide resource on medical abortion
• Internal capacity building, including restructuring and expanding ICMA’s staffng

ICMA Annual Report 2008