Alyson Hyman, MPH, is Ipas senior community access associate, with a focus on medical abortion. She has nearly 20 years of international experience working with governments, donors, nonprofit and community-based organizations to institute sustainable health programs. She has extensive expertise in capacity building, training and service delivery improvement, and community development with a focus on adult education and behavior change. Before joining Ipas, Alyson lived in Hanoi, Vietnam and in Liberia, West Africa where she worked on HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, and displaced persons programs.
Fortunately for women, pills have changed the landscape of abortion. Abortion with pills, also known as medical abortion (MA), provides a safe, low cost and easy to use method to terminate pregnancies, and one to which access is increasing in several countries.
