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 2011
Patient characteristics and service trends following abortion legalization in Mexico City, 2007–10, Manuel Mondragon y Kalb, Armando Ahued Ortega, Jorge Morales Velazquez, Claudia Diaz, Jorge Valencia Rodriguez, Davida Becker, and Sandra G. Garcia
Postabortion care: Going to scale, Saumya RamaRao, John Townsend, Nafissatou J. Diop, and Sarah Raifman
Provider determinants of emergency contraceptive counseling and provision in Kenya and Ethiopia, Shana Judge, Amber Peterman, and Jill Keesbury
Provider-related barriers to accessing emergency contraception in developing countries: A literature review, Katherine Williams
Public opinion on abortion in eight Mexican states amid opposition to legalization, Jorge Valencia Rodriguez, Kate S. Wilson, Claudia Diaz, Sandra G. Garcia, and Maria Luisa Sanchez Fuentes
Public opinion on abortion in Mexico City after the landmark reform, Kate S. Wilson, Sandra G. Garcia, Claudia Diaz, Aremis Villalobos-Hernandez, Jorge Valencia Rodriguez, Patricio Sanhueza Smith, and Courtney Burks
Scaling up the integration of tuberculosis screening into reproductive health services, APHIA II OR Project in Kenya
Scaling up the provision of family planning messages in antenatal and postpartum services in Upper Egypt, Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab and Sally Saher
Service improvements and community education lead to increase in uptake of HIV services for infants and young children, Population Council
Sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescents living with HIV in Kenya, Harriet Birungi, Francis Obare, Jane Harriet Namwebya, Ibrahim Mohammed, Margaret Gitau, and Margaret Makumi
Shaping demand and practices to improve family health outcomes in northern India: A framework for behavior change communication, Population Council
Social and behavioural research: Tool for intensifying fight against AIDS in India, Nita Mawar, Ramesh S. Paranjape, and M.E. Khan
Social mobilization strategy, Family Advancement for Life and Health (FALAH)
Social stigma and disclosure about induced abortion: Results from an exploratory study, Kristen M. Shellenberg, Ann M. Moore, Akinrinola Bankole, Fatima Juarez, Adekunbi Kehinde Omideyi, Nancy Palomino Ramirez, Zeba Sathar, Susheela Singh, and Amy Ong Tsui
Sociodemographic factors associated with obstacles to abortion care: Findings from a survey of abortion patients in Mexico City, Davida Becker, Claudia Diaz, Clara Juarez, Sandra G. Garcia, Patricio Sanhueza Smith, and Cynthia C. Harper
Strengthening the delivery of comprehensive reproductive health services at the community level in Kenya, Population Council
Strengthening union level facility for providing normal delivery and newborn care services: Facility assessment report, Md. Noorunnabi Talukder, Ubaidur Rob, A.K.M. Zafar Ullah Khan, Amar Krishna Baidya, M. Mostafizur Rahman Khan, and Nargis Sultana
Strengthening union level facility for providing normal delivery and newborn care services: Workshop report, Ubaidur Rob, Md. Noorunnabi Talukder, and A.K.M. Zafar Ullah Khan
Survey of domestic and work life experience and reproductive health of women workers of selected industrial compounds in Ha Noi, Nguyen Thi Van Anh and Nguyen Hong Phuong
Ten years of the Kenya Adolescent Reproductive Health Project: What has happened?, Humphres Evelia, Monica Wanjiru, Francis Obare, and Harriet Birungi
The prevention and management of HIV and sexual and gender-based violence: Responding to the needs of survivors and those-at-risk, Sarah Raifman, Ian Askew, Sajeda Amin, Jill Keesbury, Saiqa Mullick, Judith A. Diers, Meiwita P. Budiharsana, Chi-Chi Undie, Mary Zama, Mantshi Menziwa, Sherry Hutchinson, and Naomi Rutenberg
The use of vouchers for reproductive health services in developing countries: Systematic review, Nicole M. Bellows, Benjamin Bellows, and Charlotte E. Warren
Unpacking rights in indigenous African societies: Indigenous culture and the question of sexual and reproductive rights in Africa, Chi-Chi Undie and Chimaraoke O. Izugbara
Using community health workers can lead to positive sexual behavior outcomes among people living with HIV, Population Council
Using evidence to improve primary health care in Thai Nguyen Province, Population Council
Using youth-friendly communication approaches to communicate HIV/AIDS with young people is feasible and acceptable, Population Council
Women's experiences with legal abortion in Mexico City: A qualitative study, Marieke G. van Dijk, Luis Jorge Arellano Mendoza, Ana Gabriela Arangure Peraza, Aldo Alberto Toriz Prado, Abigail Krumholz, and Eileen Yam
Submissions from 2010
Abortion and women's roles in society: Opinions from Tlaxcala, Mexico, Tia Palermo, Kate S. Wilson, Sandra G. Garcia, and Claudia Diaz
Abortion experiences of unmarried young women in India: Evidence from a facility-based study in Bihar and Jharkhand, Shveta Kalyanwala, Francis A.J. Zavier, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, and Rajesh Kumar
Assessing the feasibility of home administration of misoprostol in the prevention of postpartum hemorrhage in rural Pakistan, Ali M. Mir, Abdul Wajid, and Sadaf Gull
Assessing the potential acceptability of a new cadre of community midwives for pregnancy and delivery related care in rural Pakistan: Findings from a qualitative study, Abdul Wajid, Ali M. Mir, Zubaida Rashid, and Abida Aziz
A step-by-step guide to strengthening sexual violence services in public health facilities: Lessons and tools from sexual violence services in Africa, Jill Keesbury and Jill Thompson
A strategy for the reduction of maternal and neonatal mortality, Population Council
Can private pharmacy providers offer comprehensive reproductive health services to users of emergency contraceptives? Evidence from Nairobi, Kenya, Wilson Liambila, Francis Obare Onyango, and Jill Keesbury
Care of the newborn: Community perceptions and health seeking behavior, Charlotte E. Warren
Care seeking for maternal health: Challenges remain for poor women, Charlotte E. Warren
Commentary: Janani Suraksha Yojana and the maternal mortality rate, Anrudh K. Jain
Community based reproductive health (RH) intervention resulted in increasing age at marriage: The case of Berhane Hewan Project, in East Gojam zone, Amhara region, Ethiopia, Tekle-Ab Mekbib and Mitike Molla
Community mobilization for postabortion care in Kenya: Baseline evaluation report, Chi-Chi Undie and Saumya RamaRao
Comprehensive responses to gender-based violence in low-resource settings: Lessons learned from implementation, Jill Keesbury and Ian Askew
Deaths of women of reproductive age: In-depth analysis of data from the Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2006-07, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Do improvements in client-provider interaction increase contraceptive continuation? Unraveling the puzzle, Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab and Saumya RamaRao
Effect of dai training on maternal and neonatal care: An operations research study, Peter C. Miller, Gul Rashida, Abdul Wajid, Zeba Tasneem, Lubna Mahmood, and Minhaj ul Haque
Emergency contraception: Idea to program, Saumya RamaRao, John Townsend, and Sarah Raifman
Encouraging abandonment of FGM/C among the Somali community in Wajir, Kenya, Population Council
Executive summary: A step-by-step guide to strengthening sexual violence services in public health facilities, Jill Keesbury and Jill Thompson
Experience seeking abortion among unmarried young women in Bihar and Jharkhand, India: Delays and disadvantages, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, Shveta Kalyanwala, A.J. Francis Zavier, Rajesh Kumar, and Nita Jha
Facility assessment report: Introducing pay-for-performance (P4P) approach to increase utilization of maternal, newborn, and child health services in Bangladesh, Md. Noorunnabi Talukder, Ubaidur Rob, Laila Rahman, Ismat Ara Hena, Farhana Akter, Mohammad Ataur Rahman, Md. Julkarnayeen, Md. Akteruzzaman, Md. Sohel Rana, and Ripa Ali
Future demands for services from public health facilities in Uttar Pradesh, Population Council
Future of family planning program in Bangladesh: Issues and challenges, Ubaidur Rob, Md. Noorunnabi Talukder, and A.K.M. Zafar Ullah Khan
Guidelines for pilot study on introducing pay-for-performance (P4P) approach to increase utilization of maternal, newborn and child health services in Bangladesh, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Population Council, and UNICEF
Health Research for Development Initiative in Vietnam (HRDI): Impact evaluation results, Katherine Williams, Meiwita P. Budiharsana, and Nguyen Thi Phuong Lan
HIV/STI risk among male Mexican immigrants in Dallas, Texas: Findings from a pilot study, Kate S. Wilson, Elizabeth Eggleston, Claudia Diaz, and Sandra G. Garcia
Improving maternal and neonatal health: Measuring the impact of the PAIMAN project in ten districts in Pakistan—A Summary: Comparing baseline and endline survey findings (2005-2010), Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Improving quality of health care for gender-based violence victims at health facilities in Viet Nam, Mai Quoc Tung, Meiwita P. Budiharsana, Nguyen Thi Phuong Lan, and Jane H. Patten
Improving the health care response to gender-based violence: Project evaluation report, Meiwita P. Budiharsana and Mai Quoc Tung
Increasing appropriate complementary feeding in rural Uttar Pradesh: Implications for behavior change communication, Population Council
Increasing complete immunization in rural Uttar Pradesh: Implications for behavior change communication, Population Council
Increasing early and exclusive breastfeeding in rural Uttar Pradesh: Implications for behavior change communication, Population Council
Increasing institutional delivery and access to emergency obstetric care services in rural Uttar Pradesh: Implications for behavior change communication, Population Council
Increasing postpartum contraception in rural Uttar Pradesh: Implications for behavior change communication, Population Council
Increasing the practice of thermal care to prevent newborn hypothermia: Implications for behavior change communication in rural Uttar Pradesh, Population Council
Initial assessment of community midwives in rural Pakistan, Abdul Wajid, Zubaida Rashid, and Ali M. Mir
Intégration des Services au Sénégal, Population Council
Integration of services in Senegal, Population Council
Introducing and pilot-testing the national guidelines on integrating the management of STIs/RTIs into reproductive health settings in Kenya, Wilson Liambila, Saiqa Mullick, Ian Askew, Nathalie Broutet, Bartilol Kigen, Cosmas Mutunga, Daniel Sande, Nimrod Garama, Benjamin Tsofa, Christine Awuor, and Ibrahim Mohammed
Life-skills education leads to improved effect on adolescents' sexual behavior, Population Council
Mainstreaming emergency contraception pills in Kenya, Jill Keesbury, Monica Wanjiru, and Katherine Maina
Manual on financial mechanism for the health facilities: Introducing pay-for-performance approach to increase utilization of maternal, newborn, and child health services in Bangladesh, Laila Rahman, Dipak Kumar Shil, Md. Mamun-or Rashid, Ismat Ara Hena, Md. Noorunnabi Talukder, Farhana Akter, Anup Kumar Dey, Ripa Ali, Joynal Abedin, Mursheda Rahman, Md. Ataur Rahman, Md. Julkarnayeen, Arifur Rahman, and Md. Abdur Rab Sardar
Maternal and neonatal health services in Sudan: Results of a situation analysis, Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab and Maha El-Rabbat
Media perspectives on partnerships to address family health in northern India: Implications for behavior change communication, Population Council
Planning and implementing an essential package of sexual and reproductive health services: Guidance for integrating family planning and STI/RTI with other reproductive health and primary health services, Katherine Williams, Charlotte E. Warren, and Ian Askew
Private sector's role in health service provision in Senegal, Population Council
Proceedings and presentations from the Free State Child Abuse Indaba, Population Council
Process evaluation of community mobilization activities, Zakir Hussain Shah
Program strategies for reducing inequities in reproductive health services, John Townsend
Promoting healthy spacing between pregnancies in India: Need for differential education campaigns, Mary Philip Sebastian, M.E. Khan, and Sohini Roychowdhury
Public expenditure on health care in Orissa: Focus on reproductive and child health services, Sarit Kumar Rout
Reach of media and interpersonal communication in rural Uttar Pradesh: Implications for behavior change communication, Population Council
Referral mechanism improves uptake of ART services for HIV+ FP clients, Population Council
Rôle du secteur privé dans l'offre de services de santé au Sénégal, Population Council
Role of advertising agencies in behavior change communication, Population Council
Role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in behavior change communication in northern India, Population Council
Role of the corporate sector in promoting family health in Uttar Pradesh: Implications for behavior change communication, Population Council
Safeguarding maternal and newborn health: Improving the quality of postnatal care in Kenya, Charlotte E. Warren, Annie Mwangi, Erick Oweya, Rosemary Kamunya, and Nancy Koskei
The effect of maternal child marriage on morbidity and mortality of children under 5 in India: Cross sectional study of a nationally representative sample, Anita Raj, Niranjan Saggurti, Michael Winter, Alan Labonte, Michele R. Decker, Donta Balaiah, and Jay G. Silverman
The limited effect of knowing they are HIV-positive on the sexual and reproductive experiences and intentions of infected adolescents in Uganda, Francis Obare Onyango and Harriet Birungi
The pregnancy cycle approach to safe motherhood, Saumya RamaRao and Sarah Raifman
The provision of emergency contraceptives in private sector pharmacies in urban Kenya: Experiences of mystery clients, Francis Obare Onyango, Jill Keesbury, and Wilson Liambila
The role of abortion in the last stage of fertility decline in Vietnam, Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan and Sajeda Amin
The role of traditional leaders in preventing and addressing sexual and gender-based violence: Findings from KwaZulu-Natal, Northwest and Limpopo provinces in South Africa, Mantshi Teffo-Menziwa, Saiqa Mullick, and Prince Cedza Dlamini
Training institutions for community midwives in Pakistan: An initial assessment, Zakir Hussain Shah, Momina Salim, and Mumraiz Khan
Training service providers increases TB screening in postnatal care, Population Council
Transition into first sex among adolescents in slum and non-slum communities in Nairobi, Kenya, Caroline W. Kabiru, Donatien Beguy, Chi-Chi Undie, Eliya Msiyaphazi Zulu, and Alex C. Ezeh
Treatment seeking, vaginal discharge and psychosocial distress among women in urban Mumbai, Kristin M. Kostick, Stephen L. Schensul, Kalpita Jadhav, Rajendra Singh, Amruta Bavadekar, and Niranjan Saggurti
Une bonne surveillance de la grossesse pour préparer l'accouchement, Population Council
Une stratégie pour la réduction de la mortalité maternelle et néonatale, Population Council