On being left alone, finally

By Ezio Di Nucci Imagine being a woman living under the patriarchy for 45 to 50 years. Then, slowly but surely, men finally begin to leave you alone. Wouldn’t that be liberating?   Reclaiming menopause as the long-awaited (genotypically and phenotypically) women’s liberation has been in high fashion of late, so I was surprised when one of […]

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Recommending Privately Developed FemTech in Healthcare Part 2: Understanding Healthcare Professionals’ Responsibilities

By Anna Nelson, Maria Tzanou and Tsachi Keren-Paz In the previous blog, we introduced the issues associated with healthcare professionals (HCPs) recommending privately-developed FemTech apps. In this second blog, we turn our attention to regulatory considerations associated with this practice. There are two distinct questions which could be asked here: (1) whether HCPs should recommend […]

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Recommending Privately-Developed FemTech in Healthcare Part 1: Promises and Pitfalls

By Anna Nelson, Maria Tzanou and Tsachi Keren-Paz   Introduction  FemTech refers to apps and wearable devices (eg. smart breast pumps and bluetooth-enabled fertility monitors) purporting to empower women and non-binary users to manage their sexual, gynaecological and reproductive health. During their recent review of the data practices of period and fertility tracking apps, the […]

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Creating a consolidated EMAH (Early Medical Abortion at Home) medication pack: What has the impact been?

By Nathan Burley   Background  Up to seven medicines are provided for an early medical abortion, similar to the amount supplied after a heart attack. Abortifacients, analgesia, an anti-emetic, contraception and an antibiotic could be supplied, with each attendance resulting in at least four packs being given. Clinics providing this service may store a variety […]

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Application of a novel abortion care quality measurement tool (ACQTool) in Bangladesh

By Laura E Jacobson, Sarah E. Baum, Erin Pearson, Rezwana Chowdhury, Nirali M. Chakraborty, Julia M. Goodman, Caitlin Gerdts, & Blair G. Darney Measuring and improving quality of care is an essential part of ensuring safe and effective health services; however, until recently measuring the quality of abortion care has been hampered by a lack of shared definitions […]

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