News & Announcements

September 2007

Ibis board member Vanessa Northington Gamble named University Professor at The George Washington University

September 10, 2007 – Ibis board member Vanessa Northington Gamble has been named University Professor of Medical Humanities at The George Washington University in Washington, DC. An internationally recognized scholar on race, ethnicity, and justice in American medicine and public health, she...

August 2007

Ibis research highlighted in the current id21 focus

August 24, 2007 – Research by Ibis and colleagues at PATH and the Population Council is highlighted in the current id21 focus, dedicated this month to the topic of unsafe abortion. Conducted before Mexico City’s recent move to legalize abortion, the study sought to estimate the economic...

July 2007

Trial finds diaphragms and lubricant gel add no benefit for HIV prevention when using condoms

July 13, 2007 – The Methods for Improving Reproductive Health in Africa (MIRA) trial found that the use of diaphragms and lubricant gel in addition to condoms for HIV prevention is no more effective than condoms alone. Ibis was a collaborating partner in the MIRA trial, led by researchers at...

June 2007

Award from SAAF to support a project to improve second trimester abortion services in South Africa

June 28, 2007 –Ibis is pleased to announce that it has received a grant award from the Safe Abortion Action Fund for a project to improve second trimester abortion services in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Administered by the International Planned Parenthood Federation, the Safe...

April 2007

Dr. Angel Foster receives the National Abortion Federation Scientific Poster Award

April 3, 2007 – Ibis Reproductive Health staff member Dr. Angel M. Foster and colleagues at a leading university in Palestine received the 2007 National Abortion Federation Scientific Poster Award. Entitled “Illicit sex, abortion, and so-called ‘honor-killings’: Attitudes...

April 2007

Ibis collaborates on systematic review of advance provision of emergency contraception

April 18, 2007 – We are pleased to announce the publication of a new Cochrane systematic review, “Advance provision of emergency contraception for pregnancy prevention.” We collaborated on this review with lead author Chelsea Polis, a doctoral student at Johns Hopkins and former...

April 2007

Journal article models how wider use of misoprostol could reduce maternal deaths from unsafe abortion

April 27, 2007 – An article by Ibis President Kelly Blanchard, Senior Associate Dan Grossman, and colleagues at the University of California, San Francisco appeared in this month’s International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics . Named one of the “Editor’s Selections,...

March 2007

Dr. Angel Foster appears as a guest on The Riz Khan Show

March 21, 2007 – Ibis Reproductive Health Associate Dr. Angel M. Foster appeared as a guest on The Riz Khan Show. During the interactive live program dedicated to HIV/AIDS in the Middle East, Dr. Foster spoke about the importance of identifying and addressing the needs of unmarried women and...

November 2006

Kelly Blanchard receives Outstanding Young Professional Award at APHA Annual Meeting

November 15, 2006 – Kelly Blanchard, President of Ibis Reproductive Health, receives Outstanding Young Professional Award. Last week at the annual American Public Health Association meeting, Kelly Blanchard, the President of Ibis Reproductive Health, received the annual Outstanding Young...

August 2006

FDA approves Plan B over-the-counter emergency contraception for women 18 and older

August 25, 2006 – Yesterday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that Plan B emergency contraception, which is taken after unprotected sex to avoid an unintended pregnancy, has been approved for over-the-counter use by women 18 years and older. Although the age restriction...

May 2006

New study by Ibis, NAF, and AAP shows abortion-care education is deficient in US health professional training

May 9, 2006 – Advanced practice clinicians (APCs)—nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and certified nurse-midwives—play an increasingly important role in the delivery of a range of health services in the United States, yet many of the programs that train these health...

July 2005

Studies of EC web sites demonstrate stark need for online reproductive health information

July 18, 2005—Analyses of use of both the emergency contraception (EC) Web site— NOT-2-LATE.com — and its Arabic-language version demonstrate that women need more information about contraception and other reproductive health issues, according to two articles published in...

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