The USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, Human Reproduction Programme invites you to join us for “The WHO Safe Abortion Guidelines: Current Use and Effectiveness Locally and Globally” on Wednesday, November 29 at 9:00 am PT/6:00 pm CET.

Framed by the WHO abortion guidelines and family planning and competency standards, this one-hour and 15-minute virtual panel brings together clinicians, civil servants, implementers, and lawyers focusing on the provision of abortion services globally, in India and here in California. The discussion will consider the realities of abortion provision in our current moment, with attention to the diverse applications and utility of these standards, and explore existing and potential linkages with current policy and practice.

The dialogue will be moderated by IIGH Director Sofia Gruskin.

The webinar is hosted by the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health and the WHO Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, Human Reproduction Programme.

Please join us on Wednesday, November 29 at 9:00 am PT/6:00 pm CET.

If you're interested in learning more before the event, please refer to these links:

• WHO Abortion Guidelines and Family Planning and Competency standards (Link)
• WHO Safe Abortion Values, Evidence and Right/Respect (SAVER) (Link)
• SCOPE: Surveillance of COVID-19 in pregnancy- results of a multicentric ambispective case-control study on clinical presentation and maternal outcomes in India between April to November 2020 (Link)