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Sandra García Honored
Sandra G. García, the Council’s director of reproductive health for
Latin America and the Caribbean, recently received the Guttmacher
Institute’s 2007 Darroch Award for Excellence in Sexual and Reproductive
Health Research. She was cited for her “research documenting
abortion-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices in Mexico” and for
her collaboration with “local nongovernmental organizations,
universities, professional associations, and the Mexican government”
that “played an important role in the country’s recent decision to
legalize first-trimester abortion.” The award also acknowledged her more
than 30 peer-reviewed publications on “new reproductive technologies,
surveys of women’s knowledge about emergency contraception, programs to
prevent sexually transmitted diseases among newborns, and innovative
methods for measuring abortion incidence.” Established in 2005, the
biennial award named for Jacqueline E. Darroch, a former senior vice
president at Guttmacher, recognizes emerging leaders in the field of
sexual and reproductive health.
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