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 2009
Standards required in maintaining the chain of evidence in the context of post rape care services: Findings of a study conducted in Kenya, Carol Ajema, Emily Rogena, Hadley Muchela, Buluma Bwire, and Nduku Kilonzo
The Copperbelt model of integrated care for survivors of rape and defilement: Testing the feasibility of police provision of emergency contraceptive pills, Jill Keesbury, Mary Zama, and Sudha Shreeniwas
The making of the Kenya sexual offenses act, 2006: Behind the scenes, Washington Onyango-Ouma, Njoki Ndung'u, Nancy Baraza, and Harriet Birungi
The Refentse model for post-rape care: Strengthening sexual assault care and HIV post-exposure prophylaxis in a district hospital in rural South Africa, Julia C. Kim, Ian Askew, Lufuno Muvhango, Ntabozuko Dwane, Tanya Abramsky, Stephen Jan, Ennica Ntlemo, Jane Chege, and Charlotte Watts
Youth reproductive health: Investing in the future, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Submissions from 2008
Adapting focused antenatal care: Lessons from three African countries, Harriet Birungi
Africa regional sexual and gender-based violence network consultation: Technical exchange and planning meeting, Population Council
Analysis of the evolution of the practice of female genital mutilation/cutting in Burkina Faso, Nafissatou J. Diop, Zakari Congo, Aina Ouedraogo, Alphosine Sawadogo, Lydia Saloucou, and Ida Tamini
A situation analysis of care and support for rape survivors at first point of contact in India and Bangladesh, M.E. Khan, Aruna Bhattacharya, Ismat Bhuiya, and Aditi Aeron
Assessing Integration Methodology (AIM): A Handbook for Measuring and Assessing the Integration of Family Planning and Other Reproductive Health Services, M. Estela Rivero-Fuentes, Saumya RamaRao, Ricardo Estrada, Charlotte E. Warren, Saiqa Mullick, Ian Askew, Harriet Birungi, John Townsend, and Susana Medina
Assessing routine health information system in selected PAIMAN districts by using lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS) technique, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Assessing the need and opportunities for improved linkages between conditional cash transfers and reproductive health programs in Latin America and the Caribbean, Ricardo Vernon and M. Estela Rivero-Fuentes
Assessment of knowledge and attitudes of married women on maternal and newborn health (MNH) in selected union councils of project districts, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Assessment of progress of the Postabortion Care Initiative in Francophone Africa, Thierno Dieng, Mohamed Diadhiou, Nafissatou J. Diop, and Youmane Niang Faye
Bolivia: A gender focus in service delivery improves quality of care, Population Council
Burkina Faso: Political will, law enforcement, and educational campaigns appear to be reducing FGM/C, Population Council
Comparing the effectiveness and costs of alternative strategies for improving access to information and services for the IUD in Ghana, Ivy Osei, Gertrude Voetagbe, Moses Aikins, John Gyapong, Philomena Nyarko, Harriet Birungi, Gloria Quansah Asare, Henrietta Odoi-Agyarko, and Olivia Aglah
Creating the conditions for scale-up of the Men in Maternity intervention in India, Leila Caleb-Varkey, Anurag Mishra, and M.E. Khan
Creating the conditions for scaling up the integration of reproductive health services for men in health and family welfare centers in Bangladesh, M.A. Mannan, Jafar Ahmad Hakim, Syeda Tazneen Waris, Ashraf Ali, AKM Nurul Hakim, Abdul Hannan, Sameena Chowdhury, Saria Tasnim, Saiful Islam, AQM Rezaul Karim, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Ubaidur Rob, and M.E. Khan
Delinking female genital mutilation/cutting from Islam, Ibrahim Lethome Asmani and Maryam Sheikh Abdi
Developing comprehensive and evidence-based policy and guidelines for antenatal and postnatal care in KwaZulu-Natal, Prudence Ditlopo, Mantshi Menziwa, Saiqa Mullick, Saumya RamaRao, Janet Dalton, Dolly Nyasulu, Mags Beksinska, and Busi Kunene
Development of a quality assurance procedure for reproductive health services for district public health systems: Implementation and scale-up in the state of Gujarat, M.E. Khan, Anurag Mishra, Vivek Sharma, and Leila Caleb-Varkey
Dissocier les mutilations génitales féminines de l'Islam, Ibrahim Lethome Asmani and Maryam Sheikh Abdi
Dominican Republic, Haiti, Nicaragua: Promoting family planning during the postpartum period can increase contraceptive acceptance, Population Council
Dominican Republic, Haiti, Nicaragua: Women living with HIV have unmet family planning needs, Population Council
Empowering communities to make pregnancy safer: An intervention in rural Andhra Pradesh, Dipa Sinha
Enhancing utilization of the findings from the youth reproductive health project in Senegal, Nafissatou J. Diop and Anta Fall Diagne
Evaluation of the long-term impact of the TOSTAN programme on the abandonment of FGM/C and early marriage: Results from a qualitative study in Senegal, Nafissatou J. Diop, Amadou Moreau, and Helene Benga
Exploring positive women's lives in Namakkal District, India, P. Kousalya and Deepika Ganju
Exploring the links between drug use and sexual vulnerability among young female injecting drug users in Manipur, Archana Oinam
Extending prevention of mother-to-child transmission through postpartum family planning in Lesotho, Charlotte E. Warren, Semakaleng Phafoli, Bosielo Majara, and Thato Tsukuluet
Family planning and comprehensive abortion care handbook for medical students and house officers, Population Council
Feasibility, acceptability, effect, and cost of integrating counseling and testing for HIV within family planning services in Kenya, Wilson Liambila, Charlotte E. Warren, Saiqa Mullick, Ian Askew, Rick Homan, Ibrahim Mohammed, Robert Ayisi, Margaret Gitau, Josephine Kibaru, Mary W. Gathitu, Judith Maua, Helton Jilo, Juma Mwangi, John Njoroge, Anthony K. Wanyoro, Peter Mohammed Njuguna, and Andrew Mboche
Feasibility, acceptability, effectiveness and cost of models of integrating HIV prevention and counseling and testing for HIV within family planning services in North West Province, South Africa, Saiqa Mullick, Mantshi Menziwa, Nzwakie Mosery, Doctor Khoza, and Edwin Maroga
Financial capacity building for NGO sustainability, John H. Bratt, Rick Homan, Barbara Janowitz, and James R. Foreit
From pilot to program: Scaling up the Kenya Adolescent Reproductive Health Project, Humphres Evelia, Japheth Nyambane, Harriet Birungi, Ian Askew, Rikka Trangsrud, Eva Muthuuri, Irene Chaami, Agnes Odawa, Lucy Musyoka, Susan Mutungi, Margaret Githuiya, and Joan Omuruli
Guía operativa para programas de educación sexual y servicios de salud reproductiva para jóvenes, Ofelia Aguilar, Lorena Santos, Marisa Diaz Infante, Rocio Mejia, Ricardo Vernon, and Antonieta Martin
Helping Egyptian women achieve optimal birth spacing intervals through fostering linkages between family planning and maternal/child health services, Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab, Sarah Loza, and Amal Zaki
Highlighting marital HIV risk and promoting premarital VCT in Nyanza Province, Kenya, Ben Ochieng and Annabel Erulkar
Improving communication between parents and adolescents on reproductive health and HIV/AIDS, Nafissatou J. Diop and Alioune Diagne
Improving reproductive health and HIV prevention among married adolescents in Amhara, Ethiopia, Annabel Erulkar and Tekle-Ab Mekbib
Increasing the accessibility, acceptability and use of the IUD in Gujarat, India, M.E. Khan, Sitanshu Sekhar Kar, Vikas Kishor Desai, Pratibha Patel, B.P. Itare, and Sandhya Barge
Increasing women's use of the IUD for family planning, Ricardo Vernon
India: Quality assurance procedure monitors and improves quality of services, Population Council
Institutionalization of quality assurance within district health management: Experiences from Maharashtra and Karnataka, M.E. Khan, Anurag Mishra, Vivek Sharma, Jaleel Ahmad, Jose Joseph, Venkatesh Srinivasan, K.M. Sathyanarayana, Viji Vargees, K.D. Maiti, and Rashmi Sharma
Integrating tuberculosis case finding and treatment into focused antenatal care in Kenya, Charlotte E. Warren and Annie Mwangi
Introducing Systematic Screening to Reduce Unmet Health Needs: A Manager's Manual, Ricardo Vernon, James R. Foreit, and Emma Ottolenghi
Introduction of emergency contraceptive pills in the public health system of Pakistan: A south-to-south collaboration, M.E. Khan, Gul Rashida, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Ali M. Mir, and Ubaidur Rob
Introduction of quality of care and a gender perspective in reproductive health service organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean, Patricia Riveros, Antonieta Martin, and Ricardo Vernon
Kenya and Ethiopia: Community and religious leaders are effective advocates for HIV testing for young couples, Population Council
Kenya: Integrating services for FP and HIV improves quality and HIV testing, Population Council
Kenya: Islamic scholars find no religious justification for FGM/C, Population Council
Kenya: Training can enhance providers' management of FGM/C and willingness to advocate against the practice, Population Council
L’introduction de l’identification systématique pour réduire les besoins non satisfaits en santé : Manuel du manager, Ricardo Vernon, James R. Foreit, and Emma Ottolenghi
Malaria in pregnancy pilot projects nationally adopted in Kenya and Malawi, Population Council
Managing and preventing female genital cutting (FGM/C) among the Somali community in Kenya, Maryam Sheikh Abdi, Jaldesa Guyo, and Ian Askew
Manual for Building Capacity of Trainers and Program Managers in Emergency Contraception, Sharif M.I. Hossain, M.E. Khan, Mary Philip Sebastian, and Sohini Roychowdhury
Meeting the family planning needs of postpartum women, Ricardo Vernon
Multisectoral youth RH interventions: The scale-up process in Kenya and Senegal, Stephanie Joyce, Ian Askew, Anta Fall Diagne, Nafissatou J. Diop, and Humphres Evelia
Obstetric fistula: Can community midwives make a difference? Findings from four districts in Kenya, Charlotte E. Warren and Annie Mwangi
Operations Research for Managers of Reproductive Health Programs, James R. Foreit and M.E. Khan
Profile of abortion seekers in Ghana and their decision-making processes, Philomena Nyarko, Cletus Adohinzin, Saumya RamaRao, Placide Tapsoba, and Ayorinde Ajayi
Promoting healthy timing and spacing of births in India through a community-based approach, M.E. Khan, Mary Philip Sebastian, Usha Sharma, Rukma Idnani, Kaushal Kumari, Bharati Maheshwari, and Shahid Ashraf
Regional workshop to use the findings from operations research to increase the access, quality and integration of contraceptive services in Latin America and the Caribbean, M. Estela Rivero-Fuentes and Antonieta Martin
Senegal: Education and public declarations contribute to Tostan's success, Population Council
Sexual and gender based violence in Africa: Key issues for programming, Population Council
Sexual and gender based violence in Africa: Literature review, Population Council
Sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescents perinatally infected with HIV in Uganda, Harriet Birungi, John Frank Mugisha, Juliana K. Nyombi, Francis Obare, Humphres Evelia, and Hannington Nyinkavu
Sharing experiences with comprehensive responses to adolescent reproductive health needs in Africa, Nafissatou J. Diop and Anta Fall Diagne
Situation analysis of the integration of family planning services in postpartum, postabortion and prevention of mother to child transmission programs in Haiti, M. Estela Rivero-Fuentes, Ricardo Vernon, Michaelle Boulos, and Louis-Marie Boulos
Situation analysis of the integration of family planning services in postpartum, postabortion and prevention of mother to child transmission programs in Nicaragua, Freddy Solis, Ana del Carmen Rojas, Gadea Adilia, M. Estela Rivero-Fuentes, and Ricardo Vernon
Situation analysis of the integration of family planning services in postpartum, postabortion and prevention of mother to child transmission programs in the Dominican Republic, Gisela Quiterio, Maritza Molina, Marija Miric, Ricardo Vernon, and M. Estela Rivero-Fuentes
South Africa: Integrated approach improves quality of post-rape care, Population Council
South Africa: Integrating services for FP and HIV improves quality and HIV testing, Population Council
Strengthening emergency contraception in Nepal, Mahendra Pd. Shrestha, Sharif M.I. Hossain, and M.E. Khan
Strengthening postnatal care services including postpartum family planning in Kenya, Annie Mwangi, Charlotte E. Warren, Nancy Koskei, and Holly Blanchard
Strengthening the financial sustainability of two Population Services and Training Center (PSTC) clinics (Bangladesh), Population Services and Training Center (PSTC) and Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Study of sexually transmitted infections among urban men in Pakistan: Identifying the bridging population, Ali M. Mir, Laura Reichenbach, Abdul Wajid, and Mumraiz Khan
Taking critical services to the home: Scaling-up home-based maternal and postnatal care, including family planning, through community midwifery in Kenya, Annie Mwangi and Charlotte E. Warren
Taller regional de utilización de resultados de investigación operativa para incrementar el acceso, la calidad e integración de los servicios anticonceptivos en América Latina y el Caribe, M. Estela Rivero-Fuentes and Antonieta Martin
Technical assistance for implementing best practices in the Asia and Near East region, M.E. Khan, Sohini Roychowdhury, Mary Philip Sebastian, Sitanshu Sekhar Kar, Anurag Mishra, Vivek Sharma, G. Narayana, Bhawana Sharma, Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab, and Ahmed Afifi
Technical assistance to the interagency coordination group seeking to reduce female genital mutilation/cutting, Nafissatou J. Diop
The potential for sustainability of malaria in pregnancy initiatives in East and Southern Africa: Kenya and Malawi, Washington Onyango-Ouma, Sam Agatre Okuonzi, Doreen Ali, Harriet Birungi, and Annie Mwangi
Using operations research to enhance delivery of postpartum/postabortion family planning services in the Arab region, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Using systematic screening to integrate health services in India and Senegal: Pilot study versus scale-up results, James R. Foreit
Submissions from 2007
Achieving synergies in prevention through linking sexual and reproductive health and HIV services, Ian Askew
Addressing the needs of seasonal migrants in Nashik, Maharashtra, Anjali B. Borhade
Assessing the feasibility, acceptability and cost of introducing postabortion care in health centres and dispensaries in rural Tanzania, Monica Wanjiru, Ian Askew, Nzoya Munguti, Saumya RamaRao, Rick Homan, Reheme Kahando, and John M. Pile
Assessment: FRONTIERS small grants program, Koli Banik
Avances en la atención postaborto en América Latina y el Caribe: Investigando, aplicando y expandiendo, Deborah L. Billings and Ricardo Vernon
Bangladesh: RH curriculum enhances vocational students' knowledge and behavior, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Bolivia: Marketing and economic analyses help NGOs develop strategies for sustainability, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Consolidating a gender perspective in the PROCOSI network, Erica Palenque de la Quintana, Patricia Riveros Hamel, and Ricardo Vernon
Contributing towards efforts to abandon female genital mutilation/cutting in Kenya: A situation analysis, Humphres Evelia, Maryam Sheikh Abdi, Carolyne Njue, and Ian Askew
Developing and testing strategies for increasing awareness of the IUD as a contraceptive option, Ricardo Vernon, M.E. Khan, Harriet Birungi, Ian Askew, and William Stones
Developing regional operations research training capacity in South Asia, M.E. Khan, James R. Foreit, Sohini Roychowdhury, F. Ram, and Chander Shekhar
Effect of introducing an 'afternoon pay clinic' on service utilization and cost recovery (Nepal), Mahendra Pd. Shrestha, Rajesh Swar, Pradeep Panda, M.E. Khan, and Rick Homan
Emergency contraception, female condoms and IUDs in Kenya's public sector: Findings from a national diagnostic assessment, Jill Keesbury, Benter Owino, and Spike Bradford