News & Announcements

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...

May 2005

Survey of emergency departments shows that 42% of non-Catholic hospitals and 55% of Catholic hospitals would not dispense EC

May 4, 2005 (WASHINGTON, DC) – A national survey of hospital emergency rooms shows that staff at 42% of non-Catholic hospitals and 55% of Catholic hospitals said they do not dispense emergency contraception (EC) for any reason, including sexual assault. The study will appear as an early...

February 2005

<em>Defending Justice: An Activist Resource Kit</em>, published by PRA now available

February 25, 2005 – Rachel Roth of Ibis collaborated with Palak Shah of PRA on a chapter about the intersection of reproductive rights and criminal justice policies in the U.S. A fact sheet about women in the criminal justice and prison systems is also available. Visit www.defendingjustice...

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