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Family Planning from a Faith-Based Perspective
Jan. 21
Jan. 26, 2010
Capitol Hill
Washington, D.C.
Faith-based groups in the U.S. and the Global South have long been involved with family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) internationally and have a broad spectrum of attitudes and opinions toward FP/RH. Common ground and common language do exist, particularly when the emphasis is on family planning for maternal health and child survival.
Co-sponsors the Global Health Council's Faith and Global Health Caucus and Christian Connections for International Health (CCIH) held this panel discussion where presenters discussed results of the CCIH survey of its members' attitudes and programs in family planning, the rationale for faith-based support of family planning, and some case studies of religious institutions engaged with family planning the results of the CCIH survey of its members' attitudes and programs in family planning.
Speakers:- Victoria Jennings, PhD, Director, Institute for Reproductive Health, Georgetown University
- Douglas Huber, MD, Msc, Reproductive Health Consultant and Co-Chair of the CCIH Family Planning/Reproductive Health working group
- Henry Mosley, MD, MPH, Professor Emeritus, Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Bloomberg School of Public Heath, Johns Hopkins University
View speaker presentations (accessible by members only)
category: Global Health Council News : Advocacy Events
contributed by Liza Nanni on 21 January 2010
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