This series features the Winter 2026 University of Michigan African Presidential Scholars (UMAPS) fellows and their scholarly work. The talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to promote dialogue on topics and to share their research with the larger U-M community.

Thursday, March 19, 2026 | Innovations and Methods for Advancing Health and Reproductive Justice in Africa

Tata Coulibaly (Côte d’Ivoire) | “Evaluation of a non-invasive urine-based test for early prostate cancer detection in Côte d’Ivoire”

Kassim Tawiah (Ghana) | “Modelling of Years of Cohabitation, Total Number of Children, and Number of Living Children of Women of Reproductive Age in Ghana Using Trivariate Poisson Regression Model”

Brigitte Irankunda (Rwanda) | “Evaluating The Current Approaches and Challenges in The Management of Second-Trimester Abortion In Rwanda: Policy, Practice and Facility Readiness”

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