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 2007
A comparison of two methods of partner notification for sexually transmitted infections in South Africa: Patient-delivered partner medication and patient-based partner referral, T.A. Young, Alana de Kock, Heidi E. Jones, Lydia Altini, Taja M. Ferguson, and Janneke van de Wijgert
Addressing the needs of seasonal migrants in Nashik, Maharashtra, Anjali B. Borhade
Agreement between self- and clinician-collected specimen results for detection and typing of high-risk human papillomavirus in specimens from women in Gugulethu, South Africa, Heidi E. Jones, Bruce R. Allan, Janneke van de Wijgert, Lydia Altini, Sylvia M. Taylor, Alana de Kock, Nicol Coetzee, and Anna Lise Williamson
A question of ethics: Research and practice in reproductive health, Saumya RamaRao, Barbara Friedland, and John Townsend
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
Contraceptive discontinuation and failure and subsequent abortion in Romania: 1994-99, Andreea A. Creanga, Rajib Acharya, Saifuddin Ahmed, and Amy Ong Tsui
Contributing towards efforts to abandon female genital mutilation/cutting in Kenya: A situation analysis, Humphres Evelia, Maryam Sheikh Abdi, Carolyne Njue, and Ian Askew
Demonstrating public health at work: A demonstration project of congenital syphilis prevention efforts in Bolivia, Sandra G. García, Freddy Tinajeros, Rita Revollo, Eileen Yam, Kara Richmond, Claudia Diaz, and Daniel Grossman
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
Estimating the incidence of abortion in Pakistan, Zeba Sathar, Susheela Singh, and Faryal F. Fikree
Exploring the choices of contraception and abortion among married couples in Tret, rural Punjab, Pakistan, Muhammad Shafique Arif and Iram Kamran
From pilots to regional programs: Expanding contraceptive choice and improving quality of care in Zambia's Copperbelt, Jill Keesbury
Getting results used: Evidence from reproductive health programmatic research in Guatemala, Carlos Brambila, Emma Ottolenghi, Celeste Marin, and Jane T. Bertrand
Grandir en harmonie: Curriculum d'animation des pairs-éducateurs et des aides-ados ou jeunes écoutant, Population Council
Grandir en harmonie: Document de références, Population Council
Grandir en harmonie: Guide de l'utilisateur, Population Council
Grandir en harmonie: Les questions/réponses les plus fréquentes posées par les adolescent(e)s, Population Council
Guatemala: On-site training and outreach increases demand for and provision of vasectomy, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Guías de referencia: Para instituciones y establecimientos de salud que buscan acreditar la calidad y enfoque de género de sus servicios, Patricia Riveros Hamel, Erica Palenque, Ricardo Vernon, and Ignacio Carreno
Health needs and barriers to healthcare of women who have experienced intimate partner violence, Katherine Wilson, Mina R. Silberberg, Ann Brown, and Susan Yaggy
Health systems and maternal mortality, neonatal mortality and child health: Review of selected service delivery models, Md. Noorunnabi Talukder and Ubaidur Rob
HIV/AIDS programming and sexuality of young people perinatally infected with HIV, Harriet Birungi
Home-based self-sampling and self-testing for sexually transmitted infections: Acceptable and feasible alternatives to provider-based screening in low-income women in São Paulo, Brazil, Sheri A. Lippman, Heidi E. Jones, Carla Gianni Luppi, Adriana A. Pinho, Maria Amelia M.S. Veras, and Janneke van de Wijgert
Home-based versus clinic-based self-sampling and testing for sexually transmitted infections in Gugulethu, South Africa: Randomised controlled trial, Heidi E. Jones, Lydia Altini, Alana de Kock, Taryn Young, and Janneke van de Wijgert
How much will it cost to scale up a reproductive health pilot project?, Barbara Janowitz, John H. Bratt, Rick Homan, and James R. Foreit
Increasing access to safe abortion services in rural India: Experiences with medical abortion in a primary health center, Shuchita Mundle, Batya Elul, Abhijeet Anand, Shveta Kalyanwala, and Suresh Ughade
Increasing dual protection among rickshaw pullers in Bangladesh, Ismat Bhuiya, Mizanur Rahman, Ubaidur Rob, M.E. Khan, and K.M. Zahiduzzaman
Increasing use of the IUD through community and clinic based education activities in rural Honduras, Ivo Flores Flores, Elida Rosa Aguilar Fonseca, Rosa Merlen Flores, Ricardo Vernon, Jorge Solorzano, Suyapa Pavon, Marco Tulio Falck, and Alba Lidia Sanchez
Informed consent in sterilisation services: Evidence from public and private health care institutions in Chennai, Raja Lakshmi
Introducción de la anticoncepción de emergencia en la Norma Oficial Mexicana de Planificación Familiar, Diana K. Lara, Marieke G. van Dijk, Sandra G. Garcia, and Daniel Grossman
Introducing birth plans in Mexico: An exploratory study in a hospital serving low-income Mexicans, Eileen Yam, Amy A. Grossman, Lisa Goldman, and Sandra G. García
Introducing sustainable vasectomy services in Guatemala, Ricardo Vernon, Jorge Solorzano, and Blanca Munoz
Jamaican and Barbadian health care providers' knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding emergency contraceptive pills, Eileen Yam, Georgiana Gordon-Strachan, Garth McIntyre, Horace Fletcher, Sandra G. Garcia, Davida Becker, and Enrique Ezcurra
Kenya: Begin community dialogue on FGM/C by discussing cultural justification, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Kenya: Mobilize health care providers to advocate against FGM/C, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Kenya: Multisectoral engagement increases support for adolescent reproductive health, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Knowledge, practice, and coverage (KPC) survey: Baseline report, Bagh District, Munir Afridi, Saman Naz, and Nayyer Munir
Knowledge, practice, and coverage (KPC) survey: Baseline report, Mansehra District, Munir Afridi, Saman Naz, and Nayyer Munir
Learning through conflict: Ethical debates in sexual and reproductive health, John Townsend
Mainstreaming adolescent reproductive health in Senegal: Enhancing utilization of the findings from the youth reproductive health project, Nafissatou J. Diop and Anta Fall Diagne
Mainstreaming and scaling up the Kenya Adolescent Reproductive Health Project, Ian Askew and Humphres Evelia
Mainstreaming emergency contraception in Ethiopia's public sector: Final project report, Jill Keesbury, Hailegiorgis Aytenfisu, and Spike Bradford
Management of complications, pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period in the presence of FGM/C, Kenya Ministry of Health
Maternal syphilis and intimate partner violence in Bolivia: A gender-based analysis of implications for partner notification and universal screening, Claudia Diaz, Sandra G. García, Becca Seitchik Feldman, Alberto Martinez Polis, Rita Revollo, Freddy Tinajeros, and Daniel Grossman
Opinions of decision-makers on the liberalization of abortion laws in Mexico, Marieke G. van Dijk, Diana K. Lara, and Sandra G. García
Patient-led partner notification for syphilis: Strategies used by women accessing antenatal care in urban Bolivia, Shannon A. Klisch, Edward Mamary, Claudia Diaz, and Sandra G. Garcia
Progress and prospects in reproductive health in the Asian and Pacific region, Philip Guest
Provider perspectives on informed consent in female sterilisation services: Findings from a facility-based study in Chennai, Raja Lakshmi
Provision of emergency contraceptive services through paraprofessionals in India, Shiv Kumar, Chander Shekhar, N.K. Gupta, Malabika Roy, M.E. Khan, Mary Philip Sebastian, Rukma Idnani, Ardash Bhargava, and Vinita Salvi
Senegal: Mainstreaming adolescent health: Building on local support systems, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Situation analysis of the sexual and reproductive health and HIV risks and prevention needs of older orphaned and vulnerable children in Nyanza Province, Kenya, Milka Juma, Ian Askew, and Alan Ferguson
South Africa: Improve facility management to increase nurse retention, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
South Africa: Youth centers: A costly way to provide reproductive health services, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Strengthening financial sustainability through integration of voluntary counseling and testing services with other reproductive health services, Rumeli Das, Kaushik Biswas, Pradeep Panda, M.E. Khan, and Rick Homan
Study of the effectiveness of training Malian social and health agents in female genital cutting issues and in educating their clients, Nafissatou J. Diop, Fatoumata Traore, Habibatou Diallo, Ousmane Traore, Aissa Haidara Toure, Youssouf Diallo, Madina Sangare, Fatoumata Tandia, and Keita Attaher Toure
Technical assistance to the Institute of Reproductive Health, Georgetown University in researching introduction strategies for the Standard Days contraceptive method (SDM), Saumya RamaRao and James R. Foreit
Testing the effectiveness of the Men as Partners Program (MAP) in Soweto, South Africa, Prudence Ditlopo, Saiqa Mullick, Ian Askew, Ricardo Vernon, Edwin Maroga, Sgidi Sibeko, Mokgethi Tshabalala, Rabbuh Raletsemo, Dean Peacock, and Andrew Levack
The changing position of IUDs in reproductive health services in developing countries: Opportunities and challenges, John Townsend and Roy Jacobstein
The effect of community nurses and health volunteers on child mortality: The Navrongo Community Health and Family Planning Project, Brian Wells Pence, Philomena Nyarko, James F. Phillips, and Cornelius Debpuur
The effect of husbands' fertility preferences on couples' reproductive behaviour in rural Bangladesh, Mian Bazle Hossain, James F. Phillips, and A.B.M. Khorshed A. Mozumder
The impact of childhood mortality on fertility in six rural thanas of Bangladesh, Mian Bazle Hossain, James F. Phillips, and Thomas K. Legrand
The resolution of unintended pregnancy among female students at the University of Ghana, Legon, Angela El-Adas
Tuko Pamoja: A guide for peer educators, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
Young people's sexual and reproductive health in India: Policies, programmes and realities, K.G. Santhya and Shireen J. Jejeebhoy
Submissions from 2006
Abortion and sex determination: Conflicting messages in information materials in a district of Rajasthan, India, Vijaya Nidadavolu and Hillary J. Bracken
Abortion opinion research in Latin America and the Caribbean: A review of the literature, Eileen Yam, Ingrid Dries-Daffner, and Sandra G. García
Accelerating reproductive and child health programme impact with community-based services: The Navrongo experiment in Ghana, James F. Phillips, Ayaga A. Bawah, and Fred N. Binka
Acceptability and feasibility of introducing the WHO focused antenatal care package in Ghana, Harriet Birungi, Philomena Nyarko, Margaret Armar-Klemesu, Daniel Arhinful, Sylvia Deganus, Henrietta Odoi-Agyarko, and Gladys Brew
Acceptability and sustainability of the WHO focused antenatal care package in Kenya, Harriet Birungi and Washington Onyango-Ouma
Analyse de l'evolution de la pratique de l'excision au Burkina Faso: L'environment institutionel, politique et programmatique de la lutte contre la pratique de l'excision, Nafissatou J. Diop, Zakari Congo, Aina Ouedraogo, Alphosine Sawadogo, Lydia Saloucou, and Ida Tamini
A pilot of audio computer-assisted self-interview for youth reproductive health research in Vietnam, Linh Cu Le, Robert W. Blum, Robert Magnani, Paul C. Hewett, and Hoa Mai Do
Assessment of district health supervisory system, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline household survey: Buner district, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline household survey: Dadu district, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline household survey: Dera Ghazi Khan district, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline household survey: Jaffarabad district, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline household survey: Jhelum district, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline household survey: Khanewal district, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline household survey: Lasbela district, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline household survey: Rawalpindi district, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline household survey: Sukkur district, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline household survey: Upper Dir district, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline survey: Summary report of district Buner, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline survey: Summary report of district Dadu, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline survey: Summary report of district DG Khan, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline survey: Summary report of district Jaffarabad, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline survey: Summary report of district Jhelum, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline survey: Summary report of district Khanewal, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline survey: Summary report of district Lasbela, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline survey: Summary report of district Rawalpindi, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline survey: Summary report of district Sukkur, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline survey: Summary report of district Upper Dir, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)