Assessing the Suitability of Unmet Need as a Proxy for Access to Contraception and Desire to Use It.
Senderowicz L, Bullington BW, Sawadogo N, Tumlinson K, Langer A, Soura A, Zabré P, Sié A.
Stud Fam Plann. 2023 Feb 26. PMID: 36841972
Professor of the Practice of Public Health, Emerita
Global Health and Population
The Women and Health Initiative is led by Dr. Ana Langer, a physician specializing in pediatrics and neonatology, and a reproductive health expert. She joined the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health in July 2010 as a Professor of the Practice of Public Health in the Department of Global Health and Population. Dr. Langer is respected worldwide as a leader in reproductive and maternal health, the translation of evidence into policies and programs, the improvement of quality of health care for women and families. For more than 30 years, she has been a leading researcher, programmer and advocate for the improvement of women's health.
Dr. Langer has published extensively on maternal mortality; technical and interpersonal quality of maternal health care; unsafe abortion; contraception; the introduction of evidence-based practices in maternal health services; and strategies to strengthen women's reproductive rights. In 2015, in collaboration with experts from all over the world, Dr. Langer published the comprehensive report Women and Health: A key to sustainable development in The Lancet. The paper lays out the foundations of the women and health framework which analyzes women's health along the life cycle and its connections with social determinants of health and global transitions, and provides the evidence to fully demonstrate the critical roles women play as health care givers, and the development of communities and nations
Under Dr. Langer's leadership, the W&HI works on measurement of maternal health, sexual and reproductive health and rights in settings affected by conflict, maternal health and social support in the Greater Boston Area, and quality of maternal health care globally. In collaboration with the Harvard Global Health Institute, the W&HI coordinates the LEAD fellowship (Learn, Engage, Advance, Disrupt Fellowship), a novel program designed to promote leadership skills in individuals from low- and middle-income countries who will, in turn, mentor future female leaders in global health.
Recently, Dr. Langer and the W&HI became deeply involved in research and advocacy for maternal and reproductive health and women's rights in the COVID-19 era . The W&HI partners with the University of Oxford and multiple other organizations around the world on the INTERCOVID project, a prospective cohort study in pregnancy and the neonatal period that aims to provide women, families, health care providers and policymakers with high-quality evidence regarding the effects of COVID-19 infection on maternal, fetal and neonatal outcomes by carrying out a large, multi-national, prospective cohort study.
Dr. Langer teaches two courses at Harvard Chan School: GHP 231: Sexual Reproductive Health: Global Perspectives and GHP 547: Field Experience in Maternal Health. GHP 231 provides an overview of sexual and reproductive health and rights from a global perspective with a focus on the most disadvantaged populations. The course covers the critical topics in this field from diverse perspectives, including but not limited to historic, conceptual, research, methodological, policy, programmatic, and advocacy.
GHP 547 provides students with an opportunity to apply their skills and knowledge to maternal health issues in low- and middle-income countries through direct experiences with the Maternal Health Task Force partner organizations. Each student's experience is individually designed to meet the needs of both the student and the host organization.
Dr. Langer advises multiple masters and doctoral students working on women and maternal health issues.
Senderowicz L, Bullington BW, Sawadogo N, Tumlinson K, Langer A, Soura A, Zabré P, Sié A.
Stud Fam Plann. 2023 Feb 26. PMID: 36841972
Senderowicz L, Bullington BW, Sawadogo N, Tumlinson K, Langer A, Soura A, Zabré P, Sié A.
Stud Fam Plann. 2023 Feb 02. PMID: 36729070
Williams CR, Vázquez P, Nigri C, Adanu RM, Bandoh DAB, Berrueta M, Chakraborty S, Gausman J, Kenu E, Khan N, Langer A, Odikro MA, Ramesh S, Saggurti N, Pingray V, Jolivet RR.
PLoS One. 2023. 18(1):e0280411. PMID: 36638100
Gausman J, Huda FA, Othman A, Al Atoom M, Shaheen A, Hamad I, Dabobe M, Mahmood HR, Ibnat R, Langer A.
BMC Public Health. 2022 12 23. 22(1):2417. PMID: 36550423
Giuliani F, Oros D, Gunier RB, Deantoni S, Rauch S, Casale R, Nieto R, Bertino E, Rego A, Menis C, Gravett MG, Candiani M, Deruelle P, García-May PK, Mhatre M, Usman MA, Abd-Elsalam S, Etuk S, Napolitano R, Liu B, Prefumo F, Savasi V, Do Vale MS, Baafi E, Ariff S, Maiz N, Aminu MB, Cardona-Perez JA, Craik R, Tavchioska G, Bako B, Benski C, Hassan-Hanga F, Savorani M, Sentilhes L, Carola Capelli M, Takahashi K, Vecchiarelli C, Ikenoue S, Thiruvengadam R, Soto Conti CP, Cetin I, Nachinab VB, Ernawati E, Duro EA, Kholin A, Teji JS, Easter SR, Salomon LJ, Ayede AI, Cerbo RM, Agyeman-Duah J, Roggero P, Eskenazi B, Langer A, Bhutta ZA, Kennedy SH, Papageorghiou AT, Villar J.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2022 09. 227(3):488.e1-488.e17. PMID: 35452653
Shaheen A, Othman A, Hamdan K, Albqoor MA, Atoom MA, Langer A, Gausman J.
J Adolesc Health. 2022 03. 70(3S):S57-S63. PMID: 35184833
Gausman J, Othman A, Al-Qotob R, Shaheen A, Aldiqs M, Hamad IL, Dabobe M, Langer A.
BMJ Open. 2022 02 25. 12(2):e052118. PMID: 35217536
Knaul FM, Arreola-Ornelas H, Essue BM, Nargund RS, García P, Gómez USA, Dhatt R, Calderón-Villarreal A, Yerramilli P, Langer A.
Lancet Reg Health Am. 2022 Apr. 8:100201. PMID: 36778730
Jolivet RR, Gausman J, Adanu R, Bandoh D, Belizan M, Berrueta M, Chakraborty S, Kenu E, Khan N, Odikro M, Pingray V, Ramesh S, Saggurti N, Vázquez P, Langer A.
BMJ Open. 2022 Jan 17. 12(1):e049685. PMID: 35039284
Kapoor NR, Langer A, Othman A, Gausman J.
BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Jan 05. 22(1):31. PMID: 34986832
The Jane Jie Sun Harvard LEAD Fellowship aims to equip and empower women from low- and middle-income countries for global health leadership roles. Women from Malawi, Namibia, India, and Uganda are part of the 2021 cohort.
Ana Langer, professor of the practice of public health and coordinator of the Women and Health Initiative, discusses abortion access in the U.S. and globally, and the negative health implications caused by restrictions.
It’s likely that maternal mortality among Black women in the U.S. will increase during the coronavirus pandemic, says Harvard Chan's Ana Langer.
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