Projects

Addressing teenage pregnancy in South Africa: Research and policy collaborations for progress

Ibis convenes the National Teenage Pregnancy Partnership (NTPP), a coalition of NGOs, government departments, and university partners that share...

Observational study of the mifepristone-misoprostol regimen for second-trimester abortion in Western Cape Province, South Africa

Despite medication abortion using mifepristone being the recommended regimen by the World Health Organization, use of mifepristone-misoprostol has...

Pathways to engagement in HIV care for newly-diagnosed South Africans

Despite the global effort to scale up treatment programs and increase access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV-positive people living in...

Building a framework for evaluation and communication in sexual and reproductive health: A collaboration among Ford Foundation grantees in Southern Africa

The Ford Foundation is currently supporting several grantees working on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Mozambique, Namibia,...

Simplifying medication abortion

Medication abortion has the potential to dramatically improve access to safe pregnancy termination services in low-resource settings because it can...

Costing and cost-effectiveness analysis of abortion methods in South Africa

Cost-effectiveness data for abortion give decision makers information about which abortion methods offer the most benefit per expenditure. Given...

Expanding women’s options: Scaling up medication abortion in public sector facilities in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

South Africa’s 1996 Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act legalized abortion on request through 12 weeks’ gestation and for social,...