Symposium 5: Equity of Access to Contraception and Abortion: Stories from New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific
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| Friday, November 2, 2018 |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Princes Ballroom B |
Details
This session will focus on key reproductive health challenges in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. It will look at regional implementation of strategies that have the potential to significantly change access to contraception and abortion.
Learning objectives:
To increase knowledge and awareness of best practice in contraception and abortion provision in Australia and New Zealand and the Pacific; and to enhance trans-Tasman collaborations in reproductive health through shared learnings
Panel Discussion questions:
How can we expand access to abortion and contraception for people who are socially, culturally or economically disadvantaged? and
What can we learn from the models of care presented?
Speaker
Dr Alison Green
Chief Executive
Te Whāriki Takapou, New Zealand
Helen Paterson
Senior Lecturer
University of Otago
Post partum long acting contraception provision
2:15 PM - 2:25 PMBiography
Helen is a senior lecturer at the university of otago in womens health and has an interest in reducing unintended pregnancy. Her masters was on the use of the lng ius in adolescents in nz.
She is presently setting up a rural womens health bus.
Professor Kirsten Black
Professor
The University of Sydney, Australia
Women’s uptake and experience of the contraceptive implant in Papua New Guinea
2:25 PM - 2:35 PMBiography
Associate Professor Kirsten Black is an academic gynaecologist at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH) and the University of Sydney. She has a PhD from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her research focuses on sexual and reproductive health in low resource settings .
Dr Richelle Douglas
Medical Director
Sexual and Reproductive Health WA
Dr Natalie Gauld
Director
Natalie Gauld Ltd
Professor Kirsten Black
Professor
The University of Sydney, Australia
Panel Discussion
3:05 PM - 3:30 PMBiography
Associate Professor Kirsten Black is an academic gynaecologist at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH) and the University of Sydney. She has a PhD from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her research focuses on sexual and reproductive health in low resource settings .
Dr Richelle Douglas
Medical Director
Sexual and Reproductive Health WA
Panel Discussion
3:05 PM - 3:30 PMBiography
Dr Natalie Gauld
Director
Natalie Gauld Ltd
Panel Discussion
3:05 PM - 3:30 PMBiography
Dr Alison Green
Chief Executive
Te Whāriki Takapou, New Zealand
Panel Discussion
3:05 PM - 3:30 PMBiography
Helen Paterson
Senior Lecturer
University of Otago
Panel Discussion
3:05 PM - 3:30 PMBiography
Helen is a senior lecturer at the university of otago in womens health and has an interest in reducing unintended pregnancy. Her masters was on the use of the lng ius in adolescents in nz.
She is presently setting up a rural womens health bus.
Chair
Deborah Bateson
Professor Of Practice
University of Sydney
Christine Roke
Doctor
Family Planning
