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Poster Session 7: International Reproductive Health

Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Poster
This session will show case posters which will discuss the challenges faced to improve reproductive health services and also discuss the successful outcomes when there was access to family planning and reproductive health services.
Session Objectives: Describe the importance of providing access to reproductive health services to women in resource poor settings

Board 1
Impact of Kenya's free primary education on the transactional sex behavior of mothers of school-age children   
Felix Muchomba, MPH
Board 2
Improving access to HIV testing: The Drop-in-to-Test (DitT) open access project   
Wendy Hachmoller, MSc, MPH
Board 3
Developing peer-led youth camps for HIV prevention and youth development in South Africa: The camp "sizanani (help each other)" program   
Su-I. Hou, DrPH, CPH, MCHES, RN, Powell Gwynn, PhD, Philip Lilienthal and Emily Crowder
Board 4
Mambulance: An innovative intervention to reduce maternal deaths in rural manafwa and mbale districts of Uganda   
Alakananda Mohanty, MPH, MJMC
Board 5
Tackling two of the leading causes of maternal mortality in Zimbabwe by introducing misoprostol at all facility levels   
Margaret Nyandoro, RN, MA, Tarra McNally, MA, MPH, Molly Moran, MPH, MA, Engeline Mawere, RN, Nuriye Nalan Sahin-Hodoglugil, MD, MPH, MA and Melody Liu, B.A.
Board 6
Impact of exposure to family planning interventions on abortion rates and modern contraceptive use in Georgia   
Nino Lomia, MD, MPH, Philippe LeMay, MBA, Lia Umikashvili, MD, MPH and Kartlos Kankadze, MD, PhD
Board 7
Reach and recall of the tuko wangapi? tulizana concurrent sexual partnerships campaign in Tanzania   
Benjamin Kamala, MPH, MD, Gloria David, Susan Mlangwa, PhD, Jennifer Orkis, MHS, Deo Ng'wanansabi, Robert Karam, MA, Abu Msemo and Robert Ainslie, MA International Affairs
Board 8
Addressing access barriers to family planning and reproductive health services in bihar, India- The ‘smart' way   
Shuvi Sharma, Ms, Lalitha Iyer, Geetali Trivedi, MA, Suneeta Sharma, PhD, MHA and Heer Chokshi, Ms
Board 9
Focus group discussions on the perceived benefits of and barriers for the use of modern effective perinatal care practices in Georgia   
Nino Lomia, MD, MPH, Ekaterine Pestvenidze, MD,MS, Philippe LeMay, MBA, Lela Sturua, MD, MPH and Lia Gvinjilia, MD, MS, PhD
Board 10
Contraceptive logistics management system in Georgia   
Guram Machabeli, Philippe LeMay, MBA, Nino Lomia, MD, MPH, Kartlos Kankadze, MD, PhD and Lia Umikashvili, MD, MPH

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Medical Care, Population, Reproductive and Sexual Health, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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