In October we were delighted to welcome Dr Ana Borges to UCL. Dr Borges is an Associate Professor at the University of Sao Paulo Public Health Nursing Department, Brazil. Her interest is sexual and reproductive health, with a focus on understanding contraceptive use patterns among Brazilian women, in particular, the relationships between contraceptive behaviour and unintended pregnancy, since the use of both modern contraceptives and unplanned pregnancies are high in Brazil.

She came as part of a UCL-funded Global Engagement Grant with the aim of learning about each other’s work in the area of pregnancy planning and exploring possible future collaborations. As part of the visit, she met with members of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Team and presented on her work to the Institute of Women’s Health.

It was a really successful visit. Going forward we are exploring how we could adapt the P3 study for Brazil, and are already working on the translation of parts of the survey.

Dr Borges led the evaluation of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy (LMUP) in Brazilian Portuguese, which is the first validated version in Latin America and is now conducting the evaluation in Mozambique, Africa, which Dr Hall and Dr Barrett will advise on.

Look out for P3-Study Brazil in 2021!