National Abortin Federation 36th Annual Meeting

Gynuity staff and colleagues participated in two panels and gave an oral presentation as follows:

Alternatives to Clinic-Based Follow-Up for Medical Abortion: New Technologies to Simplify Service Provision
Chair: Dr. Beverly Winikoff, Gynuity
Hillary Bracken, PhD, MPH, MA; Gynuity Health Projects; New York, NY
Mary Fjerstad, NP, MHS; WomanCare Global; San Diego, CA
Ingrida Platais, MS; Gynuity Health Projects; New York, NY
Jeanette Taylor, RN, RICR; British Pregnancy Advisory Service-BPAS;London, United Kingdom

Review of Gynecologic Clostridial Infection: Cases, Research, and Political and Social Impact
Faculty reviewed information on Clostridial infections from 1977-2011, including current research, and present work from a multi-site prevalence study of Clostridium carriage in reproductive-age women conducted by Gynuity and local colleagues. They discussed national and international political concerns that arose following the initial fatal Clostridium toxic shock cases post medical abortion, and addressed personal, clinical, and organizational impacts upon providers, researchers, and advocates that occurred as a result of these infections.

The Effectiveness of Medical Abortion with 200mg Mifepristone and 400mcg Sublingual Misoprostol at 57-63 Days versus 64-70 Days Gestation
Authors: Hillary Bracken, Mongia Ben Attia, Hela Chelli, Rasha Dabash, Selma Hajri, Shuchita Mundle, Inga Platais, Svetlana Posohova, Sheila Raghavan, Milind Shah, Tamuna Tsereteli, George Tsertsvadze, Beverly Winikoff, Dhouha Zerarmdini