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  • Adding It Up
  • Abortion Worldwide
  • Guttmacher-Lancet Commission
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  • International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health (1975–2020)
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  • Policy analysis
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  • US State Laws and Policies

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  • Interactive Map: US Abortion Policies and Access After Roe
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  • Public-use data sets

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Senior Research Associate

Rubina Hussain

Portrait of Rubina Hussain

Rubina Hussain joined the Guttmacher Institute in 2001. Her research interests include unmet need for contraception, unintended pregnancy and abortion; her work encompasses global research as well as national studies in several developing countries. Prior to arriving at the Institute, Ms. Hussain investigated behavioral risk factors associated with STIs while working as a consultant for the Detroit Department of Health. She earned a BS in microbiology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and an MPH in epidemiology from the University of Michigan.

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Selected Publications

  1. April 2020 Research Article

    Estimating the incidence of abortion: a comparison of five approaches in Ghana

    Sarah Keogh, Easmon Otupiri, Doris W. Chiu, Chelsea Polis, Rubina Hussain, Suzanne Bell, Emmanuel K. Nakua and Roderick Larsen-Reindorf BMJ Global Health
  2. December 2019 Research Article

    Availability, practices and acceptance of postabortion contraceptive services in health facilities: A study in six states of India

    Harihar Sahoo, Melissa Stillman, Jennifer J. Frost, Rajib Acharya and Rubina Hussain Contraception
  3. Adding it Up Pakistan image: world map with country of Pakistan highlighted and the words, "Adding it Up Pakistan"
    September 2019 Report

    Adding It Up: Costs and Benefits of Meeting the Contraceptive and Maternal and Newborn Health Needs of Women in Pakistan

    Aparna Sundaram, Rubina Hussain, Zeba A. Sathar, Sabahat Hussain, Emma Pliskin and Eva Weissman
  4. November 2018 Report

    Abortion and Unintended Pregnancy in Six Indian States: Findings and Implications for Policies and Programs

    Susheela Singh, Rubina Hussain, Chander Shekhar, Rajib Acharya, Ann M. Moore, Melissa Stillman, Jennifer J. Frost, Harihar Sahoo, Manoj Alagarajan, Aparna Sundaram, Shveta Kalyanwala and Haley Ball
  5. November 2018 Report

    Unintended Pregnancy, Abortion and Postabortion Care in Tamil Nadu—2015

    Manoj Alagarajan, Aparna Sundaram, Rubina Hussain and Rajib Acharya
  6. November 2018 Report

    Unintended Pregnancy, Abortion and Postabortion Care in Uttar Pradesh, India—2015

    Chander Shekhar, Aparna Sundaram, Rubina Hussain, Manas R. Pradhan and Shveta Kalyanwala
  7. November 2018 Report

    Unintended Pregnancy, Abortion and Postabortion Care in Madhya Pradesh, India—2015

    Rubina Hussain, Chander Shekhar, Ann M. Moore, Harihar Sahoo and Rajib Acharya
  8. July 2018 Research Article

    There Might Be Blood: A Scoping Review on Women’s Responses to Contraceptive-Induced Menstrual Bleeding Changes

    Chelsea Polis, Rubina Hussain and Amanda Berry Reproductive Health
  9. December 2017 Research Article

    The Incidence of Abortion and Unintended Pregnancy in India, 2015

    Susheela Singh, Chander Shekhar, Rajib Acharya, Ann M. Moore, Melissa Stillman, Jennifer J. Frost, Harihar Sahoo, Manoj Alagarajan, Rubina Hussain, Aparna Sundaram, Michael Vlassoff, Shveta Kalyanwala and Alyssa Browne The Lancet Global Health
  10. December 2016 Research Article

    Abortion Incidence and Unintended Pregnancy in Nepal

    Mahesh Puri, Susheela Singh, Aparna Sundaram, Rubina Hussain, Anand Tamang and Marjorie Crowell International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

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