Coalition Brings Together Experts for the Africa Regional Conference on Abortion: From Research to Policy

November 28, 2016, News Release, Guttmacher.org

Working to Transform Research into Action toward Ending Unsafe Abortion in All Parts of Africa

The Africa Regional Conference on Abortion: From Research to Policy will be held from Tuesday, November 29 to Friday, December 2, 2016 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This conference builds on a decade of work linking research to action to reduce unsafe abortion in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The three-day event will bring together 250 researchers, policymakers, advocates, health care providers, youth, journalists and donors who are focused on reducing the detrimental impact of unsafe abortion on African women, especially young women and adolescents, as well as on their families and on society as a whole.

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Source: Guttmacher.org