On the occasion that the Asia Safe Abortion Partnership (ASAP), a network for safe abortion collaboration in the Asia region, together with the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations of Thailand (IMFSA-Thailand), organized a workshop for medical students who are members of the federation on Saturday, November 26, 2016, they contacted the Path2Health Foundation to invite the Women’s Choice Support Network for Unplanned Pregnancy and the RSA Volunteer Network to join the meeting to lecture, discuss, and exchange policy, legal, operational, and service issues with the participants. The Path2Health Foundation accepted the invitation to join the meeting on behalf of the 1663 Unplanned Pregnancy Counseling Project and the Safe Service Referral, supported by the Health Promotion Fund (HPF).
The Path2Health Foundation and the RSA Volunteer Network, in collaboration with the Asia Safe Abortion Partnership (ASAP) and the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations of Thailand (IMFSA-Thailand), organized the Safe Abortion in Thailand workshop at Room 223-224, Medical Development Building, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University. The meeting was opened by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anan Jai Samran, Head of the Family Planning and Reproductive Health Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University.
Morning Activities
Special Lecture: Abortion Policy in Thailand, Legal Issues, and Technology by Dr. Boonrit Sukrat (RSA 51), Assistant Director of the Reproductive Health Bureau, Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health
Group Discussion “Perspectives and Experiences in Accessing Abortion Services in Thailand” by Dr. Orawee Chintakananda, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University (R-SA 62) Dr. Nithiwat Saengruang, Nan Hospital, Nan Province (R-SA 63) Mrs. Tussanai Khantayaporn, Leader of the Safe Abortion Task Force, Unplanned Pregnancy Network Medical Student Thanchanok Chuthammasathit, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, and Q&A by Dr. Boonrit Sukrat, Reproductive Health Bureau, Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health
Afternoon Activities: Cause and Outcome of Unwanted Pregnancy By Dr. Suchitra Dalvie, ASAP Regional and Global Advocacy By Dr. Suchitra Dalvie, ASAP Group work and Sharing of Strategies Strategy meeting with partners: RSA, IMFSA and any others
Information from: Path2Health Foundation, http://asap-asia.org/pdf/ASAP-IFMSA-meeting-in-Chulalongkorn-University.pdf