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 2013
Entry into motherhood among adolescent girls in two informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya, Donatien Beguy, Robert Ndugwa, and Caroline W. Kabiru
Evaluation of a voucher programme in reducing inequities in maternal health utilization in Cambodia: A quasi-experimental study, Ashish Bajracharya, Benjamin Bellows, and Antonia Dingle
Experiences of health care providers with integrated HIV and reproductive health services in Kenya: A qualitative study, Richard Mutemwa, Susannah H. Mayhew, Manuela Colombini, Joanna Busza, Jackline Kivunaga, and Charity Ndwiga
Exploring urban male non-marital sexual behaviours in Pakistan, Ali M. Mir, Abdul Wajid, Stephen Pearson, Mumraiz Khan, and Irfan Masood
Family planning: A missing priority in Pakistan's health sector?, Zeba Sathar
Family planning practices and pregnancy intentions among HIV-positive and HIV-negative postpartum women in Swaziland: A cross sectional survey, Charlotte E. Warren, Timothy Abuya, and Ian Askew
Feasibility and effect of integrating tuberculosis screening and detection in postnatal care services: An operations research study, Charity Ndwiga, Harriet Birungi, Chi-Chi Undie, Herman Weyenga, and Joseph Sitienei
Feasibility of routine screening for intimate partner violence in public health care settings in Kenya, Chi-Chi Undie, Catherine Maternowska, Margaret Mak'anyengo, and Ian Askew
Financial incentives and maternal health: Where do we go from here?, Lindsay Morgan, Mary Ellen Stanton, Elizabeth S. Higgs, Robert L. Balster, Benjamin Bellows, Neal Brandes, Alison B. Comfort, Rena Eichler, Amanda Glassman, Laurel Hatt, Claudia M. Conlon, and Marge Koblinsky
FP2020: A research roadmap, Population Council
Gender-based violence: A qualitative exploration of norms, experiences and positive deviance, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, K.G. Santhya, and Shagun Sabarwal
Health: Cognition and threshold among the Oraon tea garden labourers of Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal, Subrata Kumar Roy, Sujata Kar Chakraborty, and Arupendra Mozumdar
How conditional cash transfers to promote institutional delivery can also influence postpartum contraception: Evidence from Rajasthan, India, A.J. Francis Zavier and K.G. Santhya
Identifying factors associated with maternal deaths in Jharkhand, India: A verbal autopsy study, Nizamuddin Khan and Manas Ranjan Pradhan
Impact of conditional cash transfers on maternal and newborn health, Amanda Glassman, Denizhan Duran, Lisa Fleisher, Daniel Singer, Rachel Sturke, Gustavo Angeles, Jodi Charles, Bob Emrey, Joanne Gleason, Winnie Mwebsa, Kelly Saldana, Kristina Yarrow, and Marge Koblinsky
Increase in facility-based deliveries associated with a maternal health voucher programme in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya, Benjamin Bellows, Catherine Kyobutungi, Martin Kavao Mutua, Charlotte E. Warren, and Alex C. Ezeh
Induced abortion and women's reproductive health in India, Sutapa Agrawal and Praween Kumar Agrawal
Induced abortion, contraceptive use, and dual protection among female sex workers in Moscow, Russia, Michele R. Decker, Eileen Yam, Andrea L. Wirtz, Stefan Baral, Alena Peryshkina, Vladmir Mogilnyi, and Chris Beyrer
Infographic: Vouchers are Transforming Reproductive Health Access Worldwide, Population Council
Insights into unmet need in Ghana, Kazuyo Machiyama and John C. Cleland
Insights into unmet need in Kenya, Kazuyo Machiyama and John C. Cleland
Insights into unmet need in Senegal, Kazuyo Machiyama and John C. Cleland
International seminar on "Is access enough? Understanding and addressing unmet need for family planning", IUSSP Scientific Panel on Reproductive Health
Introducing medical MR in Bangladesh: MRM final report, Ismat Ara Hena, Ubaidur Rob, Nargis Sultana, Md. Irfan Hossain, Reena Yasmin, Tapash Ranjan Das, and Farid Uddin Ahmed
Islam and family planning: Changing perceptions of health care providers and medical faculty in Pakistan, Ali M. Mir and Gul Rashida
Journee de dialogue sur la contraception d'urgence (CU), Population Council and International Consortium for Emergency Contraception
Mainstreaming emergency contraception in developing countries: A toolkit for policymakers and service providers, Wilson Liambila, Saumya RamaRao, Joyce Wanderi Maina, and Mary W. Gathitu
Measuring coverage in MNCH: New findings, new strategies, and recommendations for action, Jennifer Bryce, Fred Arnold, Ann K. Blanc, Attila Hancioglu, Holly Newby, Jennifer Requejo, and Tessa Wardlaw
Measuring coverage in MNCH: Validating women's self-report of emergency cesarean sections in Ghana and the Dominican Republic, Özge Tunçalp, Cynthia Stanton, Arachu Castro, Richard Adanu, Marilyn Heymann, Kwame Adu-Bonsaffoh, Samantha R. Lattof, Ann K. Blanc, and Ana Langer
Meeting the unmet need for family planning: Now is the time, Herbert Peterson, Gary L. Darmstadt, and John Bongaarts
Mitigating the consequences of sexual violence in Zambia by decentralizing emergency medical responses to police victim support units: Report on the feasibility of police provision of post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV (PEP) in Zambia, Mary Zama, Mardieh Dennis, Jessica Price, Stephanie M. Topp, Jonathan Kaunda Mwansa, and Jill Keesbury
Out-of-pocket expenses for maternity care in rural Bangladesh: A public-private comparison, Md. Moshiur Rahman, Ubaidur Rob, Forhana Rahman Noor, and Benjamin Bellows
Performance-based incentives to improve health status of mothers and newborns: What does the evidence show?, Rena Eichler, Kokila Agarwal, Ian Askew, Emma Iriarte, Lindsay Morgan, and Julia Watson
Policy brief—Mainstreaming emergency contraception in developing countries: A toolkit for policymakers and service providers, Wilson Liambila, Saumya RamaRao, Joyce Wanderi Maina, and Mary W. Gathitu
Policy scripts and students' realities regarding sexuality education in secondary schools in Kenya, Francis Obare and Harriet Birungi
Population-level impact of vouchers on access to health facility delivery for women in Kenya: A quasi-experimental study, Francis Obare, Charlotte E. Warren, Timothy Abuya, Ian Askew, and Benjamin Bellows
Post-abortion care in Pakistan: A national study, Zeba Sathar, Susheela Singh, Zakir Hussain Shah, Gul Rashida, Iram Kamran, and Kanwal Eshai
Predictors of sexual debut among young adolescents in Nairobi's informal settlements, Milly Marston, Donatien Beguy, Caroline W. Kabiru, and John C. Cleland
Pregnancies, abortion and women's reproductive health in rural Haryana, India, Sutapa Agrawal, Sayeed Unisa, and Praween Kumar Agrawal
Prevalence and determinants of unintended pregnancy among women in Nairobi, Kenya, Lawrence Ikamari, Chimaraoke O. Izugbara, and Rhoune Ochako
Progesterone vaginal ring: Introducing a contraceptive to meet the needs of breastfeeding women, Saumya RamaRao, Heather Clark, Ruth Merkatz, Heather Sussman, and Régine Sitruk-Ware
Quality of care and client willingness to pay for family planning services at Marie Stopes International in Burkina Faso, Placide Tapsoba, Dalomi Bahan, Emily Forsyth Queen, Gisele Kaboré, and Sally Hughes
Redeeming qualities: Exploring factors that affect women's use of reproductive health vouchers in Cambodia, Carinne D. Brody, Julie Freccero, Claire D. Brindis, and Benjamin Bellows
Reducing unmet need by supporting women with met need, Anrudh K. Jain, Francis Obare, Saumya RamaRao, and Ian Askew
Reproductive health voucher program and facility based delivery in informal settlements in Nairobi: A longitudinal analysis, Djesika D. Amendah, Martin Kavao Mutua, Catherine Kyobutungi, Evans Buliva, and Benjamin Bellows
Reviewing and interpreting bodies of evidence for preparing practice recommendations, Ian Askew
Reviewing the evidence and identifying gaps in family planning research: The unfinished agenda to meet FP2020 goals, Ian Askew and Martha Brady
Risky sexual behavior among orphan and non-orphan adolescents in Nyanza Province, Western Kenya, Milka Juma, Jane Alaii, L. Kay Bartholomew, Ian Askew, and Bart van den Borne
Safety and effectiveness of termination services performed by doctors versus midlevel providers: A systematic review and analysis, Thoai Ngo, Min Hae Park, and Caroline Free
Scaling up advocacy for gender-based violence and child sexual abuse in the East, Central and Southern Africa region: Technical exchange and meeting, East Central and Southern African Health Community
Self reported risk reduction behavior associated with HIV testing and counseling: A comparative analysis of facility- and home-based models in rural Uganda, Edgar M. Mulogo, Aden S. Abdulaziz, Ranieri Guerra, Benjamin Bellows, and Sebastian O. Baine
Shaping Demand and Practices to Improve Family Health Outcomes: Findings from a Quantitative Survey, Volume 3: Bihar, M.E. Khan, France Donnay, Usha Kiran Tarigopula, and Kumudha Aruldas
Status report on the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents living in urban slums in Kenya, Donatien Beguy, Joyce Mumah, Salome Wawire, Kanyiva Muindi, Lindsey Gottschalk, and Caroline W. Kabiru
Study protocol for promoting respectful maternity care initiative to assess, measure and design interventions to reduce disrespect and abuse during childbirth in Kenya, Charlotte E. Warren, Rebecca Njuki, Timothy Abuya, Charity Ndwiga, Jane Serwanga Maingi, Faith Mbehero, Louisa Muteti, Anne Njeru, Joseph Karanja, Joyce Olenja, Lucy Gitonga, Chris Rakuom, and Benjamin Bellows
The association of unwanted pregnancy and social support with depressive symptoms in pregnancy: Evidence from rural southwestern Ethiopia, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Mesganaw Fantahun Afework, and Michelle J. Hindin
The community midwifery model in Kenya: Expanding access to comprehensive reproductive health services at the community level, Wilson Liambila, Francis Obare, Chi-Chi Undie, Harriet Birungi, Shiphrah Kuria, Ruth Wayua Muia, and Assumpta Matekwa
The consequences of unintended pregnancy for maternal and child health in rural India: Evidence from prospective data, Abhishek Singh, Ashish Singh, and Bidhubhusan Mahapatra
The evolving braid: How an organization in Uganda achieved reliable communications, Melissa Densmore, Benjamin Bellows, John Chuang, and Eric Brewer
The health and wellbeing of young people in sub-Saharan Africa: An under-researched area?, Caroline W. Kabiru, Chimaraoke O. Izugbara, and Donatien Beguy
The impact of vouchers on the use and quality of health care in developing countries: A systematic review, Carinne D. Brody, Nicole M. Bellows, Martha Campbell, and Malcolm Potts
The importance of public sector health facility-level data for monitoring changes in maternal mortality risks among communities: The case of Pakistan, Anrudh K. Jain, Zeba Sathar, Momina Salim, and Zakir Hussain Shah
The role of community-based health planning and services strategy in involving males in the provision of family planning services: A qualitative study 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
The Unfinished Agenda to Meet FP2020 Goals: 12 Actions to Fill Critical Evidence Gaps, Ian Askew and Martha Brady
Toward a research agenda on gendered violence in sub-Saharan Africa, Chi-Chi Undie
Transitions to adulthood in a high fertility context: The case of sub-Saharan Africa, Caroline W. Kabiru, Chimaraoke O. Izugbara, Donatien Beguy, and Estelle M. Sidze
Understanding orphan and non-orphan adolescents' sexual risks in the context of poverty: A qualitative study in Nyanza Province, Kenya, Milka Juma, Jane Alaii, L. Kay Bartholomew, Ian Askew, and Bart van den Borne
Understanding unintended pregnancy in Bangladesh: Country profile report, Fauzia Akhter Huda, Sabiha Chowdhuri, Yolande Robertson, Noushin Islam, Bidhan Krishna Sarker, Ashrafi Jahan Azmi, and Laura Reichenbach
Unintended pregnancies and the use of maternal health services in southwestern Ethiopia, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Mesganaw Fantahun Afework, and Michelle J. Hindin
Unmet need and unintended pregnancy: The bigger picture, Ian Askew
Unmet need and unintended pregnancy: The bigger picture, Ian Askew
Unsuccessful prior attempts to terminate pregnancy among women seeking first trimester abortion at registered facilities in Bihar and Jharkhand, India, Rajesh Kumar, A.J. Francis Zavier, Shveta Kalyanwala, and Shireen J. Jejeebhoy
Use of magnesium sulfate for treatment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in Mexico, Marieke G. van Dijk, Claudia Diaz, Patricia Zuniga Uribe, Rufina Luna Gordillo, Maria Elena Reyes Gutierrez, and Sandra G. Garcia
Using evidence-based recommendations for guidance, guidelines and scale-up strategies, Ian Askew
Vitamin A supplementation among children in India: Does their socioeconomic status and the economic and social development status of their state of residence make a difference?, Sutapa Agrawal and Praween Kumar Agrawal
Women's childhood experience: A perspective from rural Haryana, India, Sutapa Agrawal, Sayeed Unisa, and Praween Kumar Agrawal
Submissions from 2012
Adoption and continuation of contraception following medical or surgical abortion in Bihar and Jharkhand, India, Shveta Kalyanwala, Rajib Acharya, and A.J. Francis Zavier
A lifetime of violence: Results from an exploratory survey of Mexican women with HIV, Tamil Kendall, Marieke G. van Dijk, Katherine Wilson, Nizarindandi Picasso, Diana K. Lara, and Sandra G. Garcia
A policy analysis of the implementation of a reproductive health vouchers program in Kenya, Timothy Abuya, Rebecca Njuki, Charlotte E. Warren, Jerry Okal, Francis Obare, Lucy Kanya, Ian Askew, and Benjamin Bellows
A review and evaluation of multi-sectoral response services ('one-stop centers') for gender-based violence in Kenya and Zambia, Jill Keesbury, Washington Onyango-Ouma, Chi-Chi Undie, Catherine Maternowska, Frederick Mugisha, Emmy Kageha, and Ian Askew
Assessment of management information system [MIS] of national program for family planning and primary health care [LHW Program], Arshad Mahmood and Syeda Saman Naz
Attitudes, beliefs, and practices of key opinion leaders (KOL) and providers about emergency contraception (EC) in Senegal, Babacar Mane, Saumya RamaRao, Martha Brady, Fatou Bintou Mbow, and Ababacar Thiam
Attitudes, beliefs, and practices of providers and key opinion leaders on emergency contraception in India, M.E. Khan, Deepthi S. Varma, Isha Bhatnagar, Anvita Dixit, and Martha Brady
Attitudes, croyances et pratiques des leaders d'opinion clés (loc) et des prestataires sur la contraception d'urgence (CU) au Sénégal, Babacar Mane, Saumya RamaRao, Martha Brady, Fatou Bintou Mbow, and Ababacar Thiam
Bellagio consensus: Recommendations for action to increase access to highly effective, long-acting, reversible contraception, Population Council
Benefits of using magnesium sulphate (MgSO_4) for eclampsia management and maternal mortality reduction: Lessons from Kano State in northern Nigeria, Ekechi Okereke, Babatunde A.O. Ahonsi, Jamilu Tukur, Salisu Mohammed Ishaku, and Ayodeji Oginni
Birth spacing and family planning uptake in Pakistan: Evidence from FALAH, Arshad Mahmood
Community health workers for maternal and child health, Leah Jarvis and Nancy Termini LaChance
Community midwifery services in Kenya: Implementation guidelines, Kenya Ministry of Health
Contraceptive use dynamics in Pakistan 2008-09, Arshad Mahmood and Syeda Saman Naz
Countdown to 2015: A case study of maternal and child health service delivery challenges in five districts of Punjab, Ali M. Mir and Sadaf Gull
Country mapping: Kenya, Francis Obare, Wilson Liambila, Harriet Birungi, Eseoise Itombra, Heather Clark, and Saumya RamaRao
Country mapping: Nigeria, Salisu Mohammed Ishaku and Saumya RamaRao
Country mapping: Senegal, Babacar Mane, Nafissatou Diop, Nancy Termini LaChance, Saumya RamaRao, and Heather Clark
Critical issues for integrating SRH and HIV/AIDS services to provide dual protection against unintended pregnancy and HIV/STI acquisition, Population Council
Defining effective voucher management information systems: A blueprint for information systems to support scalable reproductive health voucher programs, based on system evaluations with programs in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, Mahad Ibrahim, Benjamin Bellows, and Jaspal S. Sandhu
Evaluation of an intervention to improve quality of care in family planning programme in the Philippines, Anrudh K. Jain, Saumya RamaRao, Jacqueline Kim, and Marilou P. Costello
Evaluation of the population-level impact of the maternal health voucher program in Uganda, Reproductive Health Vouchers Evaluation Team
Executive summary—Family planning programs for the 21st century: Rationale and design, John Bongaarts, John C. Cleland, John Townsend, Jane T. Bertrand, and Monica Das Gupta
Expanding access to comprehensive reproductive health and HIV information and services for married adolescent girls in Nyanza Province, Chi-Chi Undie, Harriet Birungi, Francis Obare, Ben Ochieng, Wilson Liambila, Erick Oweya, Ian Askew, Rob Burnet, Bridget Deacon, and Aisha Mohamed
Exploring the effectiveness of the output-based aid voucher program to increase uptake of gender-based violence recovery services in Kenya: A qualitative evaluation, Rebecca Njuki, Jerry Okal, Charlotte E. Warren, Francis Obare, Timothy Abuya, Lucy Kanya, Chi-Chi Undie, Benjamin Bellows, and Ian Askew