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AFIDEP at the 29th International Population Conference 2021

6 décembre 2021

Author: Christopher Kaudzu

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The African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) is participating in the 29th International Population Conference (IPC2021) from 5-10 December 2021.

AFIDEP’s team of experts will be participating in the following:

Nurudeen Alhassan Ph.D, is a panelist in Session 6 under the U-Plan Project: “Demand and Unmet Need for Contraception”. His presentation “Demand for family planning satisfied with modern methods: CHAID analysis to identify predictors and women underserved with family planning services in urban Malawi” – December 6, 2021 | 6:00am – 7:30am UTC

Maame Peterson Ph.D, Poster presentation on behalf of the Team-Up Consortium in Session P4-48 “Do the changes in classification of traditional methods of contraception influence tCPR estimates in sub-Saharan African countries?” – December 6, 2021 | 5:00pm – 6:00pm UTC

Maame Peterson Ph.D, – Poster presentation on behalf of the Team-Up Consortium in Session P4-49 – “Traditional contraception in modern times: a methodological enquiry in measurement of traditional methods of contraceptive use in four African countries” – December 6, 2021 | 5:00pm – 6:00pm UTC

Eliya Zulu Ph.D. is chairing Session 114 on “Population Policies and the Demographic Transition” – Wednesday, December 8 / 12:00 – 13:30 UTC

Nurudeen Alhassan Ph.D, is a panellist in Session 123 on behalf of the Team-up Consortium – “Research Leader Session: Methodological Enquiry in Measurement of Traditional Methods of Contraception in Modern Times (Sponsored by AFIDEP)” – Thursday, December 9 / 16:00 – 17:30 UTC

Professor Nyovani Madise is a panelist in Session 205 – « Research Leader Session: Contraceptive Transition Theories (Sponsored by the IUSSP Scientific Panel on Contraceptive Transition Theories)” – December 10 / 16:00 – 17:30 UTC

The conference was to take place in Hyderabad, India at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre, however, given the COVID-19 pandemic, IPC2021 is now a completely virtual conference.

The IUSSP International Population Conference is the world’s largest international scientific conference on population and demography. The conference brings together researchers, policymakers and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines and from across the globe, to present and discuss the latest research on a broad range of contemporary population issues.

IPC Website: https://ipc2021.popconf.org/