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
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)
Building a better future for youth: Learning from experience and evidence, World Health Organization, Population Council, and Family Health International
Building capacity to utilize operations research: Strategies and lessons learned, James R. Foreit
Cómo identificar y satisfacer la necesidad de servicios adicionales: Manual para gerentes, Ricardo Vernon, James R. Foreit, and Emma Ottolenghi
Continuity and change in premarital sex in Vietnam, Sharon Ghuman, Vu Manh Loi, Vu Tuan Huy, and John Knodel
Correlates of inter-birth intervals: Implications of optimal birth spacing strategies in Mozambique, Saumya RamaRao, John Townsend, and Ian Askew
Cost analysis of reproductive health services in PCEA Chogoria Hospital, Kenya, Nzoya Munguti, Moses Mokua, Rick Homan, and Harriet Birungi
Cost of training programs and willingness to pay for training: An application of break-even analysis in Uganda, Nicholas Mugumya, Juliana K. Nyombi, Michael Matsiko, Rick Homan, Harriet Birungi, and Nzoya Munguti
Costs of reproductive health services provided by four Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) hospitals, James Boateng, Henry Surnye, Alex Mensah, Bismark Boateng, Philomena Nyarko, Nzoya Munguti, and John H. Bratt
Developing regional capacity in operations research and economic evaluation in South Asia, M.E. Khan, Sohini Roychowdhury, James R. Foreit, Sharif M.I. Hossain, and Geetha Vaithyanathan
Differential use of adolescent reproductive health programs in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Annabel Erulkar, Tekle-Ab Mekbib, Negussie Simie, and Tsehai Gulema
Do current measurement approaches underestimate levels of unwanted childbearing? Evidence from rural India, Michael A. Koenig, Rajib Acharya, Sagri Singh, and Tarun K. Roy
Egypt: Are Egyptian couples willing to stop at two children? Results of the Slow Fertility Transition Survey [Arabic], Population Council
Emergency contraception in Honduras: Knowledge, attitudes, and practice among urban family planning clients, Sandra G. García, Diana K. Lara, Sarah H. Landis, Eileen Yam, and Suyapa Pavón
Female genital mutilation in Kenya: Evidence links health workers to FGM, Population Council and GTZ
Healing traditions and men's sexual health in Mumbai, India: The realities of practiced medicine in urban poor communities, Stephen L. Schensul, Abdelwahed Mekki-Berrada, Bonnie K. Nastasi, Niranjan Saggurti, and Ravi K. Verma
Improving sexual and reproductive health of female adolescents in Bangladesh by providing information and services, Ismat Bhuiya, Ubaidur. Rob, Asiful Haider Chowdhury, M.E. Khan, Laila. Rahman, and Susan E. Adamchak
Individual and contextual determinants of domestic violence in North India, Michael A. Koenig, Rob Stephenson, Saifuddin Ahmed, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, and Jacquelyn C. Campbell
Inequalities in maternal health care utilization in rural Bangladesh, Md. Mahabub Ul Anwar, Ubaidur Rob, and Md. Noorunnabi Talukder
Make better use of provider time in public health clinics, Barbara Janowitz
Mifepristone medical abortion in Albania: Results from a pilot clinical research study, Hillary J. Bracken, Orion Gliozheni, Kreston Kati, Nikita Manoku, Rubena Moisiu, Caitlin S. Shannon, Vjollca Tare, Ilir Tasha, and Beverly Winikoff
Operations research on the female village-based family planning worker program of Pakistan, Louisiana Lush, George P. Cernada, Ubaidur Rob, Mohammed Shafiq Arif, Minhaj ul Haque, and Muhammad Shafiq Ahmad
Operations research to improve financial sustainability in three Bolivian NGOs, Martha Merida, Javier Arce, Douglas Moscoso, Carlo Ramirez, Patricia Riveros, and John H. Bratt
Pharmacy provision of medical abortifacients in a Latin American city, Diana K. Lara, Katrina Abuabara, Daniel Grossman, and Claudia Diaz
Priority setting for reproductive health at the district level in the context of health sector reforms in Ghana, Harriet Birungi, Philomena Nyarko, Ian Askew, Ayorinde Ajayi, Gifty Addico, Edward Addai, and Caroline Jehu-Appiah
Providing medication abortion information to diverse communities: Use patterns of a multilingual web site, Angel M. Foster, Lisa Wynn, Aida Rouhana, Claudia Diaz, Kate Schaffer, and James Trussell
Reproductive and sexual health education for adolescents in Bangladesh: Parents' view and opinion, Ubaidur Rob, Tehmina Ghafur, Ismat Bhuiya, and Md. Noorunnabi Talukder
Reproductive health update trainings for health workers in North Eastern Province, Garissa, Kenya Ministry of Health and Population Council
Safe Motherhood Applied Research and Training (SMART) Report 1: Project overview, Gul Rashida and Peter C. Miller
Safe Motherhood Applied Research and Training (SMART) Report 2: The interventions, Abdul Wajid, Zakir Hussain Shah, Ashfa Hashmi, Zeba Tasneem, and Lubna Shireen
Safe Motherhood Applied Research and Training (SMART) Report 3: Changes in knowledge and behavior of women and families, Muhammad Shafique Arif, Peter C. Miller, Nayyer Munir, and Irfan Masood
Safe Motherhood Applied Research and Training (SMART) Report 4: Knowledge and behaviour of service providers, Zakir Hussain Shah and Saima Pervaiz
Scaling up a reproductive health curriculum in youth training courses, Laila Rahman, M. Mazharul Islam, Ubaidur Rob, Ismat Bhuiya, and M.E. Khan
Sexual harassment in the workplace: Experiences of women in the health sector, Paramita Chaudhuri
She may reach a facility but will still die! An analysis of quality of public sector maternal health services, District Multan, Pakistan, Fariyal F. Fikree, Ali M. Mir, and Inaam-ul Haq
Strategies for encouraging the abandonment of female genital cutting in West Africa: Experiences from Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Mali, Nafissatou J. Diop and Ian Askew
Systematic screening: A strategy for determining and meeting clients' reproductive health needs, James R. Foreit
Technical assistance to organizations in Guinea seeking to reduce female genital cutting, Nafissatou J. Diop
The measure of induced abortion levels in Mexico using random response technique, Diana K. Lara, Sandra G. García, Charlotte Ellertson, Carol Camlin, and Javier Suárez
Tuko Pamoja: Adolescent reproductive health and life skills curriculum, PATH and Population Council
Two methods of self-sampling compared to clinician sampling to detect reproductive tract infections in Gugulethu, South Africa, Janneke van de Wijgert, Lydia Altini, Heidi E. Jones, Alana de Kock, Taryn Young, Anna Lise Williamson, Anwar Hoosen, and Nicol Coetzee
Submissions from 2005
A client-centered approach to reproductive health: A trainer's manual, Population Council
An assessment of trends in the use of the IUD in Ghana: National results dissemination and utilization, Ivy Osei, John Gyapong, Monica Wanjiru, and Ian Askew
A randomized trial of misoprostol compared with manual vacuum aspiration for incomplete abortion, Andrew Weeks, Godfrey Alia, Jennifer Blum, Beverly Winikoff, Paul Ekwaru, Jill M. Durocher, and Florence Mirembe
Are reproductive health NGOs in Uganda able to engage in the health SWAp?, John Frank Mugisha, Harriet Birungi, and Ian Askew
Attitudes of Pakistani men to domestic violence: A study from Karachi, Pakistan, Fariyal F. Fikree, Junaid Razzak, and Jill M. Durocher
Bolivia and Mexico: System-wide planning is needed for decentralized postabortion care, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Brazilian obstetrician-gynecologists and abortion: A survey of knowledge, opinions and practices, Lisa A. Goldman, Sandra G. García, Juan Díaz, and Eileen A. Yam
Burkina Faso: Community education program scaled-up in Burkina Faso, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Community confidentiality, consent, and the individual research process: Implications for demographic research, Carol E. Kaufman and Saumya RamaRao
Cómo pueden las y los jóvenes comunicarse en temas de sexualidad planificación familiar, Population Council
Cross-cultural adaptation of reproductive health services in Bolivia, Fernando Gonzales Salguero, Antonieta Martin, Rosario Perez Mendoza, and Ricardo Vernon
Dominican Republic and Mexico: Promote condom use by emphasizing personal benefits, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Emergency Contraceptive Pills: South East Asia Regional Training Manual, Sharif M.I. Hossain, M.E. Khan, Md. Moshiur Rahman, and Mary Philip Sebastian
Enquêtes d'acceptation de paiment destinées à déterminer les prix des produits et services dans le domaine de la santé de la reproduction : manuel de l'utilisateur, Karen G. Fleischman Foreit and James R. Foreit
Expanding access to vasectomy services in the Ministry of Health of Guatemala, Blanca De Rodriguez, Ricardo Vernon, and Jorge Solorzano
Feasibility of introducing a comprehensive package of antenatal care services in rural public clinics in South Africa, Jane Chege, Ian Askew, Nzwakie Mosery, Mbali Ndube-Nxumalo, Busi Kunene, Mags Beksinska, Janet Dalton, Ester Snyman, Wilem Sturm, and Preshny Moodley
Female genital cutting among the Somali of Kenya and management of its complications, Jaldesa Guyo, Ian Askew, Carolyne Njue, and Monica Wanjiru
Improving access to long-term contraceptives in rural Guatemala through the Ministry of Health, Edwin Montufar, Carlos Morales, Ricardo Vernon, Carlos Brambila, and Jorge Solorzano
Improving the Ghanaian Safe Motherhood Programme, Ivy Osei, Bertha Garshong, Gertrude Banahene, John Gyapong, Placide Tapsoba, Ian Askew, Clement Ahiadeke, Richard Killian, Edward Bonku, Perle Combary, and William Sampson
India: Enhancing girls' life skills requires long-term commitment, Frontiers in Reproductive Health