{"id":9364,"date":"2025-03-17T11:51:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T15:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wgs\/?page_id=9364"},"modified":"2025-03-17T11:51:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T15:51:49","slug":"sapna-desai","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wgs\/sapna-desai\/","title":{"rendered":"Sapna Desai &#8220;Unnecessary Hysterectomy in India&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Thursday, March 20 |\u00a0 4:00 &#8211; 5:30 PM<br \/>\n<b>&#8220;Unnecessary Hysterectomy in India: Puzzling Patterns Around Women&#8217;s Bodies and Health Systems&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardee\/ghpwspring25\/#RSVP\">Register<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Join the Pardee School of Global Studies and CAS Women&#8217;s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program for a talk by\u00a0 Sapna Desai (Senior Fellow, Population Council Institute).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container bu_collapsible_open\" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\">\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\">\n<p>Hysterectomy \u2013 the removal of the uterus \u2013 presents a puzzling public health challenge in India. The average age of hysterectomy is strikingly low and appears to be used as a permanent solution for common gynecological ailments, mainly among rural women who have completed childbearing. This talk will examine hysterectomy as it relates to women\u2019s health and rights, sub-national health systems in India, and other social determinants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Location: <\/strong>67 Bay State Road Rm 101 and Zoom<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, March 20 |\u00a0 4:00 &#8211; 5:30 PM &#8220;Unnecessary Hysterectomy in India: Puzzling Patterns Around Women&#8217;s Bodies and Health Systems&#8221; Register Join the Pardee School of Global Studies and CAS Women&#8217;s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program for a talk by\u00a0 Sapna Desai (Senior Fellow, Population Council Institute). Hysterectomy \u2013 the removal of the uterus \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5754,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5754"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9364"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9365,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9364\/revisions\/9365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}