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Libby Abbott and the Uterine Prolapse Alliance (UPA)
Libby Abbott is volunteering with two partner organizations – the Center for Agro-Ecology and Development (CAED) and the Women's Reproductive Rights Program (WRRP) — on the issue of uterine prolapse as a 2008 Peace Fellow in Nepal.
Libby comes to this fellowship with a background in public health and reproductive rights fieldwork in South Asia, and is thrilled to extend this experience to her work promoting the new Uterine Prolapse Alliance (UPA) based in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Before her departure, Libby was an intern with The Advocacy Project, liaising with UPA and AP to implement the forthcoming national and international campaigns for the prevention and treatment of the uterine prolapse.
Libby's initial experience in South Asian development came when she lived and studied in North India for eight months as a college junior. In addition to interning with a local NGO in Varanasi and working on reproductive health 
programs for girls living in slums, Libby also designed and conducted her own field research of a family planning service delivery model in a nearby rural district.
After graduating from Brown University, Libby continued her work in public health in India as a research assistant in Chennai, South India, where she led a pilot study investigating community-based possibilities for tuberculosis treatment.
Libby looks forward to combining her research and public health experience with her passion for rights-based development in support of the UPA.
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