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Our research program generates evidence to support recommendations aimed at improving awareness, availability and access to high-quality sexual and reproductive health care for all Australian women.
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Join the Australian Contraception and Abortion Primary Care Practitioner Support (AusCAPPS) Network
Expand best-practice service delivery in abortion and contraception across Australia by joining the AusCAPPS Network. Connect with early medical abortion and long-acting reversible contraception providers through through peer-networking opportunities and access to resources and training.
The Coalition was established to secure and sustain high-quality sexual and reproductive health services for women during the pandemic and beyond.
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Research insights
View all research insightsBuilding system and workforce capacity
We innovate strategies to ensure the Australian primary care workforce adequately addresses women's sexual and reproductive health needs, including trialling alternative service delivery methods to enhance accessibility, particularly in rural and regional areas.
Addressing consumer needs
Understanding the needs and preferences of women is important when co-designing interventions that can help women achieve their individual reproductive goals.
Using data to advance knowledge
Health data sets are useful in gaining insights into the state of women's sexual and reproductive health in Australia and identifying gaps in health care provision.
In the news
View all recent news articles‘We must be alert to complacency’: inside Victoria’s push to extend abortion access
“How extraordinary it is,” says former Victorian health minister and MC Jill Hennessy, “to come to a symposium about abortion as healthcare in the state of Victoria, [and] that this isn’t some secret meeting held down in an underground tunnel where women plot to ensure our health rights are recognised.”
Endometriosis linked to premature and early menopause
Women who suffer from endometriosis have an increased risk of premature and early menopause, both naturally and surgically, University of Queensland researchers have found.
Study shows endometriosis increases risk of early menopause
A new report shows women with endometriosis were seven times more likely to enter menopause early than those without. Women with endometriosis face a higher risk of early menopause, according to a new study from the University of Queensland (UQ).
Six new honorary doctorates at Stockholm University 2025
Stockholm University has chosen this year’s honorary doctors, all of whom have contributed in distinctive ways to the University’s activities in research and education. The six new honorary doctors include SPHERE Chief Investigator Prof Gita Mishra.
How to vote for sex-positive values
According to a collective statement by Dr Anna Noonan, Professor Kirsten Black and Professor Deborah Bateson at the University of Sydney, our country is in urgent need of proper investment in women’s health services and research.
New Monash study represents major steps forward to reduce Australia’s unintended pregnancies
The newly published ACCORd follow up study by SPHERE CRE will help address Australia’s chronically low use of the most effective types of contraception, long acting reversible contraceptives (LARC), and high number of unintended pregnancies.
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