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International Seminar on Interrelationships between contraception, unintended pregnancy and induced abortion

Interrelationships between contraception, unintended pregnancy and induced abortion
Organized by the Scientific Panel on Abortion of the IUSSP and Ipas-Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1-3 December 2008

The objective of this seminar is to document, stimulate and advance research on interrelationships between contraception, unintended pregnancy and induced abortion, by bringing together researchers who are working on different aspects of these topics, and who are developing and applying innovative approaches to studying these relationships.

This seminar will provide an opportunity for researchers to present results from new studies, propose new study designs, approaches and methodologies, assess the advantages and disadvantages of existing methodologies and to advance and guide future work in this area. Additional aims of the seminar are to increase networking between researchers and to facilitate linkages and coordination across disciplines, countries and research institutions.

This seminar will include research in both developed and developing countries, and aims to represent research in a variety of contexts, ranging from those where contraception is very high and abortion is low, to those where both induced abortion and contraceptive use are relatively high, to those where abortion is high and contraception is low and/or very ineffective.  This seminar will also include research in countries where abortion is safe and legal as well as those where it is largely unsafe and/or illegal.  more >>