Jacqueline E. Darroch

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Jacqueline Eileen Darroch [1] is an American specialist of reproductive health. [2] She is currently a senior fellow at the Guttmacher Institute, with which she has been involved since 1978.

Biography

Darroch received her B.A. from Barnard College, [3] her M.A. in sociology from the University of Michigan, and PhD from Princeton University. [4] She also studied at the University of Cologne on a Fulbright fellowship. [5]

Darroch began working for the Guttmacher Institute in 1978 as Director of Research, focusing on the reproductive needs of women in the United States. In 1988, she was promoted to Vice President of Research, and, in 2002, to Vice President of Science. In 2004, she left Guttmacher to become associate director for Reproductive Health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle, before returning to the institute as Senior Fellow, a position she has held ever since. Her research has led her to use data science to outline the inequalities in global reproductive health and offer policy recommendations to improve reproductive rights in disadvantaged communities. [6] [7] Her report on global reproductive inequality has estimated that around 225 million women in developing countries do not have access to contraceptives, 54 million women do not attend the minimum number of prenatal visits as recommended by the World Health Organization, and 44 million women deliver babies outside a reproductive health facility. [8]

In 1995, Darroch was elected a member of the Institute Of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Regents, University of Michigan Board of (1969). Proceedings of the Board of Regents. The University.
  2. ↑ "Jacqueline E. Darroch". Guttmacher Institute. March 3, 2016. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Our Lab | Barnard Year of Science". yearofscience.barnard.edu. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  4. ↑ "JACQUELINE E. DARROCH, Ph.D." (PDF). Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  5. ↑ Arnold, Carrie (May 18, 2013). "Susheela Singh and Jacqueline Darroch: turning research into advocacy for reproductive health". The Lancet. 381 (9879): 1711. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61064-8 . ISSN   0140-6736. PMID   23683625. S2CID   39624227.
  6. ↑ "Jacqueline Darroch". Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  7. ↑ vedavati (September 28, 2020). "Spotlight on CSDE Affiliate, Jacqueline Darroch". Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  8. ↑ "The Economic Cost of Denying Women Contraception and Prenatal Care". Time. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Jacqueline E. Darroch, Ph.D." National Academy of Medicine. Retrieved August 21, 2022.[ permanent dead link ]
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