The Population Council's Reproductive Health program strives to improve sexual and reproductive health, especially for vulnerable people in developing countries. We help individuals to achieve their family planning and reproductive health goals through improvements in technologies and services. We work to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity and to improve equity and quality in the delivery of care.
Submissions from 2014
Facteurs associés aux longs intervalles intergénésiques au Sénégal. Analyse approfondie de l’EDS-MICS 2010-2011, Nafissatou Diop and Ibrahima Diagne
Family planning counselling and use among clients seeking abortion services in private health facilities in Kenya, Francis Obare, Wilson Liambila, and Harriet Birungi
Genital human papillomavirus infection among women in Bangladesh: Findings from a population-based survey, Quamrun Nahar, Farhana Sultana, Anadil Alam, Jessica Yasmine Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Fatema Khatun, Nazmul Alam, Sushil Kanta Dasgupta, Lena Marions, Ashrafunnessa, Mohammed Kamal, Alejandro Cravioto, and Laura Reichenbach
High parental monitoring prevents adolescents from engaging in risky sexual practices in Harar, Ethiopia, Yadeta Dessie, Yemane Berhane, and Alemayehu Worku
"If you do vasectomy and come back here weak, I will divorce you": A qualitative study of community perceptions about vasectomy in southern Ghana, Philip Baba Adongo, Placide Tapsoba, James F. Phillips, Philip Teg-Nefaah Tabong, Allison Stone, Emmanuel Kuffour, Selina F. Esantsi, and Patricia Akweongo
Improving family planning services in public health facilities to reach more women, Caroline W. Kabiru, Jessica Brinton, Joyce Mumah, Carol Mukiira, and Chimaraoke O. Izugbara
Increasing access to family planning in Ghana through policy change: Task-sharing to enable auxiliary nurses to provide contraceptive implant services, Population Council
Increasing choice of and access to family planning services via outreach in Rajasthan, India, Kumudha Aruldas, M.E. Khan, Jaleel Ahmad, and Anvita Dixit
Induced abortions and unintended pregnancies in Pakistan, Zeba Sathar, Susheela Singh, Gul Rashida, Zakir Shah, and Rehan M. Niazi
Induced abortions and unintended pregnancies in Pakistan, 2012, Population Council
Integration of HIV and maternal healthcare in a high HIV-prevalence setting: Analysis of client flow data over time in Swaziland, Isolde J. Birdthistle, Susannah H. Mayhew, Joshua Kikuvi, Weiwei Zhou, Kathryn Church, Charlotte E. Warren, Rejoice Nkambule, Justin Fenty, and Integra Initiative
International seminar on promoting postpartum and post-abortion family planning: Challenges and opportunities, IUSSP Scientific Panel on Reproductive Health
Kenya country profile: A status check on unintended pregnancy in Kenya, Joyce Mumah, Jessica Brinton, Caroline W. Kabiru, Carol Mukiira, and Chimaraoke O. Izugbara
Knowledge and provision practices of misoprostol among pharmacies in Senegal, Ramatoulaye Ndao, Babacar Mane, Eva Burke, Nafissatou Diop, Kate Reiss, Thoai Ngo, Katharine Footman, and Maaike Van Min
La planification familiale postpartum au Burkina Faso - résumé en français, STEP UP Research Programme Consortium
Lessons from sexual and reproductive health voucher program design and function: A comprehensive review, Corinne G. Grainger, Anna C. Gorter, Jerry Okal, and Benjamin Bellows
Life table analysis of a small sample of Santal population living in a rural locality of West Bengal, India, Arupendra Mozumdar, Bhubon Mohan Das, and Subrata Kumar Roy
Maternal and newborn health behaviors in rural Uttar Pradesh: Findings from learning phase baseline survey 2013, M.E. Khan, Praween Kumar Agrawal, Avishek Hazra, Anvita Dixit, Isha Bhatnagar, Jaleel Ahmad, and D.N. Ahmad
Maternal health commodity landscaping exercise: A snapshot of the Bangladesh program, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Saumya RamaRao, Ismat Ara Hena, and Ubaidur Rob
Measuring the impact of contraceptive use on unintended pregnancy and other health outcomes, STEP UP Research Programme Consortium
Medical barriers to emergency contraception: A cross-sectional survey of doctors in North India, M.E. Khan, Anvita Dixit, Isha Bhatnagar, and Martha Brady
Opportunities and challenges in implementing community based skilled birth attendance strategy in Kenya, Margaret Titty Mannah, Charlotte E. Warren, Shiphrah Kuria, and Adetoro A. Adegoke
Performance-based incentive for improving quality of maternal health services in Bangladesh, Ubaidur Rob and Mohammad Masudul Alam
Population and health dynamics in Nairobi's informal settlements: Report of the Nairobi Cross-sectional Slums Survey (NCSS 2012), African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)
Postpartum contraception utilization among low-income women seeking immunization for infants in Mumbai, India, Sheila Mody, Saritha Nair, Anindita Dasgupta, Anita Raj, Balaiah Donta, Niranjan Saggurti, Dattaram D. Naik, and Jay G. Silverman
Postpartum family planning in Burkina Faso, Marina Daniele
Prevalence of unintended pregnancy and needs for family planning among married adolescent girls living in urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Fauzia Akhter Huda, Sabiha Chowdhuri, Bidhan Krishna Sarker, Noushin Islam, and Anisuddin Ahmed
Prioritizing family planning for achieving provincial maternal child health and development goals, Zeba Sathar, Muhammad Asif Wazir, and Maqsood Sadiq
Promoting Respectful Maternity Care: A training guide for community-based workshops—Community facilitator's guide, Charity Ndwiga, Charlotte E. Warren, Timothy Abuya, Lucy Kanya, Alice Maranga, Christine Ochieng, Mary Wanjala, Beatrice Chelang'at, Anne Njeru, Annie Gituto, George Odhiambo, Faith Mbehero, Lucia Maina, and Jeremiah Maina
Promoting Respectful Maternity Care: A training guide for facility-based workshops—Participant's guide, Charity Ndwiga, Charlotte E. Warren, Timothy Abuya, Lucy Kanya, Alice Maranga, Christine Ochieng, Mary Wanjala, Beatrice Chelang'at, Anne Njeru, Annie Gituto, George Odhiambo, Faith Mbehero, Lucia Maina, and Jeremiah Maina
Promoting Respectful Maternity Care (RMC) at birth: Orientation for community-based workshops, Population Council
Promoting Respectful Maternity Care (RMC) at birth: Orientation for facility-based workshops, Population Council
Reaching the unreached through community mobilization in an innovative and sustainable way, Arupendra Mozumdar, M.E. Khan, and Subrato Mondal
Reduce contraception discontinuation in Bangladesh by improving counseling on side effects, Fauzia Akhter Huda and Sabiha Chowdhuri
Reducing unmet need and unwanted childbearing: Evidence from a panel survey in Pakistan, Anrudh K. Jain, Arshad Mahmood, Zeba Sathar, and Irfan Masood
Reducing unsafe menstrual regulation through medication in Bangladesh, Ubaidur Rob, Ismat Ara Hena, Nargis Sultana, Md. Irfan Hossain, Reena Yasmin, Tapash Ranjan Das, and Farid Uddin Ahmed
Research gaps in scale up of family planning and reproductive health programming, The Evidence Project, E2A, HPP, and MEASURE Evaluation
Safe motherhood voucher programme coverage of health facility deliveries among poor women in South-western Uganda, Lucy Kanya, Francis Obare, Charlotte E. Warren, Timothy Abuya, Ian Askew, and Benjamin Bellows
Second consultation on developing standards for identifying evidence-based practices in reproductive health, STEP UP Research Programme Consortium
Sexual and reproductive health of women living with HIV in Egypt: Unmet needs and unfulfilled dreams, Doaa Oraby and Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab
Sexuality, Gender Roles, and Domestic Violence in South Asia, M.E. Khan, John Townsend, and Pertti J. Pelto
Social accountability: What are the lessons for improving family planning and reproductive health programs?, Victoria Boydell and Jill Keesbury
Strategies for improving postpartum contraceptive use: Evidence from non-randomized studies, Laureen M. Lopez, Thomas W. Grey, Mario Chen, and Janet E. Hiller
Strengthening the enabling environment for women and girls: What is the evidence in social and structural approaches in the HIV response?, Karen Hardee, Jill Gay, Melanie Croce-Galis, and Amelia Peltz
Strengthening the evidence base on social accountability for improving family planning and reproductive health programs, Victoria Boydell, Jill Keesbury, and Kelsey Wright
Summarizing bodies of evidence on the implementation and effectiveness of FP/RH interventions, Ian Askew
The free perinatal/postpartum contraceptive services project for migrant women in Shanghai: Effects on the incidence of unintended pregnancy, Yong-mei Huang, Ruth Merkatz, Hao-ping Zhu, Kevin Roberts, Régine Sitruk-Ware, Li-nan Cheng, and The Perinatal/Postpartum Contraceptive Services Project for Migrant Women Study Group
The impact of HIV/SRH service integration on workload: Analysis from the Integra Initiative in two African settings, Sedona Sweeney, Carol Dayo Obure, Fern Terris-Prestholt, Vanessa Darsamo, Christine Michaels-Igbokwe, Esther Muketo, Zelda Nhlabatsi, Charlotte E. Warren, Susannah H. Mayhew, Charlotte Watts, Anna Vassall, and The Integra Research Team
The management of unwanted pregnancy among women in Nairobi, Kenya, Chimaraoke O. Izugbara and Carolyne Egesa
The policy-practice gap: Describing discordances between regulation on paper and real-life practices among specialized drug shops in Kenya, Francis Wafula, Timothy Abuya, Abdinasir Amin, and Catherine Goodman
Training manual on basic monitoring and evaluation of social and behavior change communication health programs, Praween Kumar Agrawal, Kumudha Aruldas, and M.E. Khan
Understanding unintended pregnancy in Senegal: Country profile report, Kaila Clarke, Mohamadou Sall, Babacar Mane, Nafissatou Diop, and Bocar Mamadou Daff
Unintended pregnancies among young women living in urban slums: Evidence from a prospective study in Nairobi City, Kenya, Donatien Beguy, Joyce Mumah, and Lindsey Gottschalk
Unintended pregnancies in Kenya: A country profile, Joyce Mumah, Caroline W. Kabiru, Carol Mukiira, Jessica Brinton, Michael Mutua, Chimaraoke O. Izugbara, Harriet Birungi, and Ian Askew
Unintended pregnancy and abortion in India: Country profile report, Mary Philip Sebastian, M.E. Khan, and Daliya Sebastian
Unintended pregnancy and subsequent use of modern contraceptive among slum and non-slum women in Nairobi, Kenya, Jean-Christophe Fotso, Chimaraoke O. Izugbara, Teresa Saliku, and Rhoune Ochako
Unintended pregnancy by the numbers: A look at Kenya, Carol Mukiira, Joyce Mumah, Caroline W. Kabiru, and Chimaraoke O. Izugbara
Use of emergency contraceptive pills among female sex workers in Swaziland, Eileen Yam, Zandile Mnisi, S. Maziya, Caitlin E. Kennedy, and Stefan Baral
Using verbal and social autopsies to explore health-seeking behaviour among HIV-positive women in Kenya: A retrospective study, Rebecca Njuki, James Kimani, Francis Obare, and Charlotte E. Warren
Validating indicators of the quality of maternal health care: Final report, Kenya, Charlotte E. Warren, James Kelly Kimani, Jackline Kivunaga, Brian Mdawida, Charity Ndwiga, Katharine McCarthy, and Ann K. Blanc
Validating indicators of the quality of maternal health care: Final report, Mexico, Karla Berdichevsky, Claudia Diaz, Katharine McCarthy, and Ann K. Blanc
Voluntary, human rights-based family planning: A conceptual framework, Karen Hardee, Jan Kumar, Karen Newman, Lynn Bakamjian, Shannon Harris, Mariela Rodriguez, and Win Brown
Women's education, family planning, or both? Application of multistate demographic projections in India, Leiwen Jiang and Karen Hardee
Submissions from 2013
Acceptability and effectiveness of linking HIV-positive family planning clients to treatment and care services among health care providers in Kenya, Wilson Liambila, Francis Obare, Harriet Birungi, Shiphrah Njeri Kuria, Ruth Wayua Muia, Christine Awuor, Joyce W. Maina, and Mary N. Maina
Access to emergency contraception and safe abortion services for survivors of rape and defilement in sub-Saharan Africa: A regional overview, Jill Thompson, Chi-Chi Undie, and Ian Askew
Adapting the WHO tool on sexual and reproductive health and human rights: Experiences in four countries, Ian Askew, Kaila Clarke, Fauzia Akhter Huda, Joyce Mumah, and Mary Philip Sebastian
A greenprint for sustainable contraceptive research and development, Kirsten Moore, John Townsend, Jeff Spieler, Patricia S. Coffey, Diana Blithe, Elizabeth Arndorfer, and Elizabeth Dawes
Alcohol consumption as a barrier to prior HIV testing in a population-based study in rural Uganda, Robin Fatch, Benjamin Bellows, Fred Bagenda, Edgar M. Mulogo, Sheri Weiser, and Judith A. Hahn
A multi-country study of the "intrapartum stillbirth and early neonatal death indicator" in hospitals in low-resource settings, Robert L. Goldenberg, Elizabeth M. McClure, Bhala Kodkany, Gilbert Wembodinga, Omrana Pasha, Fabian Esamai, Antoinette Tshefu, Archana Patel, Hillary Mabaye, Shivaparasad Goudar, Sarah Saleem, Manjushri Waikar, Ana Langer, Carl L. Bose, Craig E. Rubens, Linda L. Wright, Janet Moore, and Ann K. Blanc
Analyse des besoins non satisfaits au Sénégal, Kazuyo Machiyama and John C. Cleland
An assessment of opportunities and challenges for public sector involvement in the maternal health voucher program in Uganda, Jerry Okal, Lucy Kanya, Francis Obare, Rebecca Njuki, Timothy Abuya, Teresah Bange, Charlotte E. Warren, Ian Askew, and Benjamin Bellows
Approaches that will yield greater success when implementing self-administered electronic data capture ICT systems in the developing world with an illiterate or semi-literate population, Stanley J. Mierzwa, Samir Souidi, Irene Friedland, Sarah A. Littlefield, Lauren L. Katzen, Craig Savel, Deborah Boccio, and Saumya RamaRao
Are integrated HIV services less stigmatizing than stand-alone models of care? A comparative case study from Swaziland, Kathryn Church, Alison Wringe, Phelele Fakudze, Joshua Kikuvi, Dudu Simelane, Susannah H. Mayhew, and Integra Initiative
Assessing retention and motivation of public health-care providers (particularly female providers) in rural Pakistan, Ali M. Mir, Gul Rashida Shaikh, Saleem Shaikh, Neha Mankani, Anushe Hassan, and Maqsood Sadiq
Assessment of the availability and use of maternal health supplies in the primary health care system in Amhara Region, Ethiopia, Sarah Raifman, Sisay Mellese, Kelemua Hailemariam, Ian Askew, and Annabel Erulkar
Association between condom use and use of other contraceptive methods among female sex workers in Swaziland: A relationship-level analysis of condom and contraceptive use, Eileen Yam, Zandile Mnisi, Bheki Sithole, Caitlin E. Kennedy, Deanna Kerrigan, Amy Ong Tsui, and Stefan Baral
A taxonomy and results from a comprehensive review of 28 maternal health voucher programmes, Benjamin Bellows, Claudia M. Conlon, Elizabeth S. Higgs, John Townsend, Matta G. Nahed, Karen Cavanaugh, Corinne G. Grainger, Jerry Okal, and Anna C. Gorter
Attrition from care after the critical phase of severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia: Insights from an intervention with magnesium sulphate in a primary care setting in northern Nigeria, Salisu Mohammed Ishaku, Babatunde A.O. Ahonsi, Jamilu Tukur, and Ayodeji Oginni
Availability, use and quality of care for medical abortion services—Preliminary results of two components: KIIs and the Pharmacy Study, Wilson Liambila, Harriet Birungi, Francis Onyango, Brian Mdawida, Vitalis Akora, Thoai Ngo, and Kate Reiss
Awareness on causes, consequences and preventive measures of obesity among urban married women in India, Praween Kumar Agrawal, Kamla Gupta, Vinod Mishra, and Sutapa Agrawal
Barriers to the use of maternity waiting homes in indigenous regions of Guatemala: A study of users' and community members' perceptions, Marta Julia Ruiz, Marieke G. van Dijk, Karla Berdichevsky, Alejandra Munguia, Courtney Burks, and Sandra G. Garcia
Challenges in impact evaluation, Anrudh K. Jain
Changes in metabolic syndrome in American and Korean Youth, 1997–2008, Soo Lim, Hak Chul Jang, Kyong Soo Park, Sung Il Cho, Man-Gyoon Lee, Hyojee Joung, Arupendra Mozumdar, and Gary Liguori
Community experiences and perceptions of reproductive health vouchers in Kenya, Rebecca Njuki, Francis Obare, Charlotte E. Warren, Timothy Abuya, Jerry Okal, Wilson Mukuna, Lucy Kanya, Ian Askew, Piet Bracke, and Benjamin Bellows
Community-level impact of the reproductive health vouchers programme on service utilization in Kenya, Francis Obare, Charlotte E. Warren, Rebecca Njuki, Timothy Abuya, Joseph Sunday, Ian Askew, and Benjamin Bellows
Comprendre les grossesses non désirées au Sénégal: Rapport du Profil Pays, Kaila Clarke, Mohamadou Sall, Babacar Mane, Nafissatou Diop, and Bocar Mamadou Daff
Contraception and condom use among Bolivian female sex workers: Relationship-specific associations between disease prevention and family planning behaviors, Eileen Yam, Freddy Tinajeros, Rita Revollo, Kara Richmond, Deanna Kerrigan, and Sandra G. Garcia
Cost estimation for scale-up of voucher services in Kenya, Shubhra Kumar, Smita Sanghrajka, and Benjamin Bellows
Day of dialogue: Expanding opportunities for increased access to emergency contraception (EC) in Nigeria, Population Council
Day of dialogue: Mainstreaming emergency contraception in the National Family Welfare Program, Population Council
Decriminalization of abortion in Mexico City: The effects on women's reproductive rights, Davida Becker and Claudia Diaz
Demographic dividend, a window of opportunity for development: Implications for South-South cooperation, Selina F. Esantsi
Distance travelled and cost of transport for use of facility-based maternity services in rural Bangladesh: A cross-sectional survey, Kaji Tamanna Keya, Md. Moshiur Rahman, Ubaidur Rob, and Benjamin Bellows
Does rural to urban migration improve Indian women's health status and knowledge of AIDS, Sutapa Agrawal and Praween Kumar Agrawal
Do public health services in Egypt help women exercise their reproductive rights?, Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab
Effectiveness of a comprehensive sexual and gender-based violence prevention project for in-school girls in Swaziland, Swaziland Action Group Against Abuse (SWAGAA)
Effect of a maternal health voucher scheme on out-of-pocket expenditure and use of delivery care services in rural Bangladesh: A prospective controlled study, Forhana Rahman Noor, Md. Noorunnabi Talukder, and Ubaidur Rob
Effects of sedentary lifestyle and dietary habits on body mass index change among adult women in India: Findings from a follow-up study, Praween Kumar Agrawal, Kamla Gupta, Vinod Mishra, and Sutapa Agrawal
Emotional and psychosocial aspects of menstrual poverty in resource-poor settings: A qualitative study of the experiences of adolescent girls in an informal settlement in Nairobi, Joanna Crichton, Jerry Okal, Caroline W. Kabiru, and Eliya Msiyaphazi Zulu