Funded by a K4Impact grant awarded by the University of Greenwich, Dr. Devanik Saha, Lecturer in Public Health, has established Reconceiving Andrology, an international, interdisciplinary network that aims to advance understanding of male reproductive health.
Dr Saha leads the network and gave a presentation at their inaugural event, the Reproductive Futures’ Workshop, on work conducted in collaboration with postgraduate student researchers on our public health postgraduate degree programmes. Devanik’s talk focussed on the lack of mainstream public discourse on male reproductive health in India, and the cultural shame that Indian men face in accessing sexual health services. He called for reproductive health to be seen as a shared responsibility where male participation is essential rather than optional.
The event was hosted by the Centre for Cultures of Reproduction, Technologies and Health at the University of Sussex to mark the tenth anniversary of the Centre, and also featured talks on reproductive care access for marginalised rural populations in India and the role of technology in reproductive justice in Tanzania amongst others, as well as a panel session that covered abortion decriminalisation, self-managed reproductive care, and emerging family forms.
More details of the workshop can be found in a blog post on the Reproductive Futures’ Workshop written by Yogesh Waghchoure, Zeynep Ergene, and Erin Fritsche who are currently studying on the MSc Global Public Health and MSc Global Health Management programmes.