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 2008
Knowledge and opinions of emergency contraceptive pills among female factory workers in Tijuana, Mexico, Sandra G. García, Davida Becker, Marcela Martínez de Castro, Francisco Paz, Claudia Díaz, and Dolores Acevedo-García
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
Prostate-specific antigen in vaginal fluid after exposure to known amounts of semen and after condom use: Comparison of self-collected and nurse-collected samples, Luis Bahamondes, Juan Diaz, Nadia Maria Marchi, Sara Castro, Marina Villarroel, and Maurizio Macaluso
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
Simplifying medical abortion: Home administration of misoprostol, Shuchita Mundle, Shveta Kalyanwala, Batya Elul, and Ughade Suresh
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 health and family planning services in low performing and hard-to-reach areas of Bangladesh: Workshop report, Ubaidur Rob and Md. Noorunnabi Talukder
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
Abuse during pregnancy in Mexico City, Claudia Diaz, Francisco Paz, Katrina Abuabara, H.B. Martinez Ayala, K. Kolstad, and T. Palermo
Achieving synergies in prevention through linking sexual and reproductive health and HIV services, Ian Askew
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