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Ana Langer, MD, will present, "INTERPRACTICE-21ST: Promoting the incorporation of research-based tools into clinical practice in low and middle-income countries."
Dr. Ana Langer joined the Harvard School of Public Health in July 2010 as a Professor of the Practice of Public Health (Department of Global Health and Population), and Director of the Women and Health Initiative. Dr. Langer, a physician specializing in pediatrics and neonatology and a reproductive health expert, has conducted research in low and middle-income countries and published extensively on maternal health; unsafe abortion; contraception; strategies to improve quality of reproductive health care; integration of maternal and newborn health care; and maternal health in humanitarian settings.
Along her career, Dr. Langer has conducted extensive research and worked effectively on the translation of scientific evidence into policy and programs in her field in all three major developing regions and currently also in the USA.
Naveen Sunder, PhD, will present, "Health Insurance and Child Mortality: Evidence from India."
Elysia Larson, PhD, will present, "Targeting mental health among pregnant women living with depression and HIV: results from a cluster randomized controlled trial in urban Tanzania."
Kelly Blanchard, MS, will present, "Over-the-counter birth control in the U.S. and self-managed abortion around the world: Research to advance sexual and reproductive health autonomy, choices and health worldwide."
Slawa Rokicki, Ph.D., will present, "Know-do gaps in maternity care in Uganda."
Dr. Sarah Huber-Krum, MPA, MSW, PhD, will present, "Does family planning counselling reduce unmet need for contraception among postpartum women in Nepal?"
Nina Brooks, MPP, will present, "Reducing the Cost of Abortion: An Evaluation of Israeli Abortion Subsidies."