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 2005
Introducing client-centered reproductive health services in a Pakistani setting, Zeba Sathar, Anrudh Jain, Saumya RamaRao, Minhaj ul Haque, and Jacqueline Kim
Introducing magnesium sulphate for the management of pregnancy induced hypertension, The Safe Motherhood Demonstration Project
Involving men in maternity care: Health service delivery issues, Saiqa Mullick, Busi Kunene, and Monica Wanjiru
La salud reproductiva de los y las jóvenes de áreas rurales, Population Council
Los y las jóvenes y su derecho a la planificación familiar, Population Council
Marital violence, human development and women's property status in India, Pradeep Panda and Bina Agarwal
Methodological issues in measuring the impact of interventions against female genital cutting, Ian Askew
Mexican physicians' knowledge and attitudes about the human papillomavirus and cervical cancer: A national survey, Tess Aldrich, Davida Becker, Sandra G. García, and Diana K. Lara
Misoprostol in the management of the third stage of labour in the home delivery setting in rural Gambia: A randomised controlled trial, Gijs Walraven, Jennifer Blum, Yusupha Dampha, Maimuna Sowe, Linda A. Morison, Beverly Winikoff, and Nancy L. Sloan
Nepal: Support communication to enhance young mothers' reproductive health, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Newborn care practices in low socioeconomic settlements of Karachi, Pakistan, Fariyal F. Fikree, Tazeen S. Ali, Jill M. Durocher, and Mohammad H. Rahbar
Nursing staff dynamics and implications for maternal health provision in public health facilities in the context of HIV/AIDS, Loveday Penn-Kekana, Duane Blaauw, Khin San Tint, Desiree Monareng, and Jane Chege
Operations research to improve postabortion (PAC) services in three public hospitals, Bolivia, Fernando Gonzales Salguero and Mariel Loayza
Postabortion family planning benefits clients and providers, James R. Foreit
Promoting informed choice: Evaluating a decision-making tool for family planning clients and providers in Mexico, Young-Mi Kim, Adrienne Kols, Antonieta Martin, David Silva, Ward Rinehart, Sarah Prammawat, Sarah Johnson, and Kathryn Church
Reaching the tipping point against female genital mutilation, Layla M. Shaaban and Sarah Harbison
Relatoría: II reunión de investigación sobre embarazo no deseado y aborto inseguro—Desafíos de salud pública en América Latina y el Caribe, Population Council
Repositioning post partum care in Kenya, The Safe Motherhood Demonstration Project
Senegal: Community education program increases dialogue on FGC, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Sexually Transmitted and Other Reproductive Tract Infections: A Guide to Essential Practice, World Health Organization
Sexually transmitted infections in pregnancy: Prevalence, impact on pregnancy outcomes, and approach to treatment in developing countries, Saiqa Mullick, Deborah Watson-Jones, Mags Beksinska, and David Mabey
Siblings' premarital childbearing and the timing of first sex in three major cities of Côte d'Ivoire, Nafissatou Diop
Systematic screening as a strategy to increase services integration and revenues in Honduras, Ricardo Vernon, James R. Foreit, Fiorella Mancini, Suyapa Pavon, and Jheisy Torres
Systematic screening to integrate reproductive health services in India, N.P. Das, Urvi Shah, Varsha Chitania, Pratibha Patel, M.E. Khan, Anurag Mishra, and James R. Foreit
Taking maternal services to pregnant women: The community midwifery model, The Safe Motherhood Demonstration Project
Technical assistance and training for PROCOSI operations research program, Bolivia, Fernando Gonzales Salguero and Ricardo Vernon
The Ghana Community-based Health Planning and Services Initiative for scaling up service delivery innovation, Frank K. Nyonator, John Koku Awoonor-Williams, James F. Phillips, Tanya C. Jones, and Robert A. Miller
The SMNH implementation framework for districts, The Safe Motherhood Demonstration Project
Transferring Ghana's system of evidence-based health program development: Program for an initial exchange with Sierra Leone and Burkina Faso, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Treatment for syphilis in antenatal care: Compliance with the three dose standard treatment regimen, Saiqa Mullick, Mags Beksinka, and Sibekezelo Msomi
Tuko Pamoja: A guide for talking with young people about their reproductive health, KARHP, PATH, and Population Council
Use of systematic screening to increase the provision of reproductive health services in Bolivia, James R. Foreit, Ricardo Vernon, and Patricia Riveros Hamel
Using systematic screening to increase integration of reproductive health services delivery in Senegal, Diouratie Sanogo, Ricardo Vernon, James R. Foreit, Awa M. Coll-Seck, Colonel Adama Adoye, Laty G. Ndoye, Cheikh Bamba Diop, Balla Mbacke Mboup, and Omar Sarr
What happened to the IUD in Ghana?, Ivy Osei, Harriet Birungi, Gifty Addico, Ian Askew, and John Gyapong
When family planning services fail: Experience from Bangladesh, Ubaidur Rob, Nancy J. Piet-Pelon, and Marium ul Mutahara
Willingness-to-pay for services provided by the Clinical Services Improvement Project (CSI) in Egypt, John H. Bratt, Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab, Magdi A. Ibrahim, and Mohammed Edress
Submissions from 2004
A multi-sectoral approach to providing reproductive health information and services to young people in Western Kenya: The Kenya adolescent reproductive health project, Ian Askew, Jane Chege, Carolyne Njue, and Samson Radeny
Behavior change evaluation of a culturally consistent reproductive health program for young Kenyans, Annabel Erulkar, Linus I.A. Ettyang, Charles J. Onoka, Fredrick K. Nyagah, and Alex Muyonga
Cluster randomized trial of an active, multifaceted information dissemination intervention based on The WHO Reproductive health library to change obstetric practices: Methods and design issues, A. Metin Gülmezoglu, Jose Villar, Jeremy Grimshaw, Gilda Piaggio, Pisake Lumbiganon, and Ana Langer
Community involvement in reproductive health: Findings from research in Karnataka, India, Foundation for Research in Health Systems
Controlling congenital syphilis in the era of HIV/AIDS, Saiqa Mullick, Nathalie Broutet, Ye Htun, Marleen Temmerman, and Francis Ndowa
Culturally appropriate information, education and communication strategies for improving adolescent reproductive health in Cusco, Peru, Marco Florez-Arestegui Cornejo and Rosalinda Barreto Silva
Defining quality of care/Définir la qualité des soins, ECAfrique
Determining an effective and replicable communication-based mechanisms for improving young couples' access to and use of reproductive health information and services in Nepal—An operations research study, Center for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities (CREHPA)
Developing a supervision instrument for postabortion care in Guatemala, Bolivia and Mexico, Carlos Brambila
Do Mexico City pharmacy workers screen women for health risks when they sell oral contraceptive pills over-the-counter?, Davida Becker, Sandra G. Garcia, and Charlotte Ellertson
EC and care for sexual assault/EC et soins des agressions sexuelles, ECAfrique
Effects and cost of implementing a gender-sensitive reproductive health program in Bolivia, Erica Palenque, Lizzy Montano, Ricardo Vernon, Fernando Gonzales Salguero, Patricia Riveros, and John H. Bratt
Effects of IGSS' job aids-assisted Balanced Counseling Algorithms on quality of care and client outcomes, Federico R. Leon, Carlos Brambila, Marisela de la Cruz, John H. Bratt, Gustavo Gutierrez, Veronica Davila, Carlo Boniato, and Alex Rios
Encuesta de opinión Católica en México: Julio 2003, Catolicas por el Derecho a Decidir and Population Council
Encuestas de voluntad de pago para fijar precios de productos y servicios de salud reproductiva: Manual de usuarios, Karen G. Fleischman Foreit and James R. Foreit
Etude expérimentale sur l'offre de services à base communautaire de santé de la reproduction au Sénégal: Une étude de cas dans le District Sanitaire de Kébémer, Diouratie Sanogo, Mady Cisse, Adama Ndoye, Laty G. Ndoye, Ousmane Faye, and Balla Mbacke Mboup
Evaluation of community education interventions in sexual and reproductive health services in urban-marginal areas of La Paz, Bolivia, Maria Dolores Castro Mantilla and Mariel Loayza Antezana
Experience from a community-based education program in Burkina Faso: The Tostan program, Djingri Ouoba, Zakari Congo, Nafissatou J. Diop, Molly Melching, Baya Banza, Georges Guiella, and Inge Baumgarten
Formal and informal abortion services in Rajasthan, India: Results of a situation analysis, Sandhya Barge, Hillary J. Bracken, Batya Elul, Nayan Kumar, Wajahat U. Khan, Shalini Verma, and Carol Camlin
Health service utilization for perceived postpartum morbidity among poor women living in Karachi, Fariyal F. Fikree, Tazeen S. Ali, Jill M. Durocher, and Mohammad H. Rahbar
Impact of improved client-provider interaction on women's achievement of fertility goals in Egypt, Laila Nawar, Ibrahim Kharboush, Magdi A. Ibrahim, Hesham Makhlouf, and Susan E. Adamchak
Improving adolescent reproductive health in Bangladesh, Ismat Bhuiya, Ubaidur Rob, Asiful Haider Chowdhury, Laila Rahman, Nazmul Haque, Susan E. Adamchak, Rick Homan, and M.E. Khan
Improving health care providers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices in reproductive health in rural Romania, Elaine Claire Himelfarb
Improving the reproductive health of adolescents in Senegal, Nafissatou J. Diop, Heli Bathidja, Isseu Diop Toure, Thierno Dieng, Babacar Mane, Saumya RamaRao, Susan E. Adamchak, Emelita Wong, Adama Ndoye, Aboubacry Sy, and Babacar Fall
Improving the reproductive health of youth in Mexico, Ricardo Vernon and Maricela Dura
Informing the medical community in Guatemala about emergency contraception, Edgar Kestler and Lilian Ramirez
Integrating adolescent livelihood activities within a reproductive health program for urban slum dwellers in India, Dale Huntington, Mary Philip Sebastian, Barbara Mensch, Wesley H. Clark, Aditya Narain Singh, Sohini Roychowdhury, M.E. Khan, Nirmala Selvam, Bella C. Patel, Sandhya Barge, Y.P. Gupta, Lovleen Johri, Gita Biswas, and Manohar Shenoy
Integration of male and female reproductive health services in Bangladesh with an emphasis on increasing male participation and awareness, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Ubaidur Rob, M.E. Khan, Ahmed Al-Sabir, and Mohammed Ahsanul Alam
Integration of reproductive health services for men in health and family welfare centers in Bangladesh, Ubaidur Rob, Sharif M.I. Hossain, M.E. Khan, Ahmed Al-Sabir, and Mohammed Ahsanul Alam
In the private sector/Quid de secteur privé?, ECAfrique
Introduction of emergency contraception in Bangladesh: Using operations research for policy decisions, M.E. Khan, Sharif M.I. Hossain, and Md. Moshiur Rahman
Involving men in maternity care in India, Leila Caleb-Varkey, Anurag Mishra, Anjana Das, Emma Ottolenghi, Dale Huntington, Susan E. Adamchak, M.E. Khan, and Rick Homan
Involving men in maternity care: South Africa, Busi Kunene, Mags Beksinska, Simphiwe Zondi, Nobuhle Mthembu, Saiqa Mullick, Emma Ottolenghi, Immo Kleinschmidt, Susan E. Adamchak, Barbara Janowitz, and Carmen Cuthbertson
Is home-based administration of prostaglandin safe and feasible for medical abortion? Results from a multisite study in Vietnam, Nguyen Thi Nhu Ngoc, Quy Nhan Vu, Jennifer Blum, Tran Thi Phuong Mai, Jill M. Durocher, and Beverly Winikoff
La anticoncepción de emergencia en América Latina y el Caribe, Antonieta Martin
Labor augmentation in an Egyptian teaching hospital, Karima Khalil, Mohamed Cherine, Amr Elnoury, Hania Sholkamy, Miral Breebaart, and Nevine Hassanein
Making motherhood safer in Egypt, Karima Khalil and Farzaneh Roudi-Fahimi
Management of the third stage of labor in an Egyptian teaching hospital, Mohamed Cherine, Karima Khalil, Nevine Hassanein, Hania Sholkamy, Miral Breebaart, and Amr Elnoury
Managers’ attitudes toward involvement of males in Pakistan’s family planning program, Ubaidur Rob and George P. Cernada
Mandatory second opinion to reduce rates of unnecessary caesarean sections in Latin America: A cluster randomised controlled trial, Fernando Althabe, Jose M. Belizan, Jose Villar, Sophie Alexander, Eduardo Bergel, Silvina Ramos, Mariana Romero, Allan Donner, Gunilla Lindmark, Ana Langer, Ubaldo Farnot, Jose G. Cecatti, Guillermo Carroli, Edgar Kestler, and Latin American Caesarean Section Study Group
Measuring induced abortion in Mexico: A comparison of four methodologies, Diana K. Lara, Jennifer Strickler, Claudia Diaz, and Charlotte Ellertson
Medicalization of female genital cutting among the Abagusii in Nyanza Province, Kenya, Carolyne Njue and Ian Askew
Misoprostol: An emerging technology for women's health—Report of a seminar, Caitlin S. Shannon and Beverly Winikoff
New findings from intervention research: Youth reproductive health and HIV prevention, Family Health International
Opiniones y respuestas: Resultados de una encuesta de opinión a médicos mexicanos sobre el aborto, Diana K. Lara, Lisa Goldman, and Michelle Firestone
Pakistani obstetricians' recognition of and attitude towards domestic violence screening, Fariyal F. Fikree, Sadiqua N. Jafarey, Razia Korejo, A. Khan, and Jill M. Durocher
Policy implications of a national public opinion survey on abortion in Mexico, Sandra G. Garcia, Carrie Tatum, Davida Becker, Karen A. Swanson, Karin Lockwood, and Charlotte Ellertson
Postpartum hemorrhage in developing countries: Is the public health community using the right tools?, Vivien D. Tsu, Ana Langer, and Tess Aldrich
Promoting young people's sexual and reproductive health: Stigma, discrimination and human rights, Kate Wood and Peter Aggleton
Promotion of lactation amenorrhea method intervention trial, Kazakhstan, Shamil Tazhibayev, Toregeldy Sharmanov, Ayan Ergalieva, Oksana Dolmatova, Orynkul Mukasheva, Aina Seidakhmetova, and Raikhan Kushenova
Risk of sexually-transmitted infections among migrant men: Findings from a survey in Delhi, Anurag Mishra
Role of gender in health disparity: The South Asian context, Fariyal F. Fikree and Omrana Pasha
Routine follow-up visits after first-trimester induced abortion, Daniel Grossman, Charlotte Ellertson, David A. Grimes, and Dilys Walker
Safe Motherhood Demonstration Project, Western Province: Final Report, Charlotte E. Warren and Wilson Liambila
Scaling up a successful counseling model in Guatemala, Guatemalan Association of Female Physicians (AGMM)
Screening family planning needs: An operations research project in Guatemala, Francisco Mendez, Felipe Lopez, Carlos Brambila, and Marianne Burkhart
Testing a community-based distribution approach to reproductive health service delivery in Senegal (a study of community agents in Kébémer), Diouratie Sanogo, Mady Cisse, Adama Ndoye, Laty G. Ndoye, Ousmane Faye, and Balla Mbacke Mboup
Testing the effectiveness of integrating community-based approaches for encouraging abandonment of female genital cutting into CARE's reproductive health programs in Ethiopia and Kenya, Jane Chege, Ian Askew, Susan Igras, and Jacinta Muteshi-Strachan
The effects of outreach on perceived quality of care in two rural areas of Bangladesh, Mian Bazle Hossain, Barkat- e-Khuda, and James F. Phillips
The medical abortion experiences of married and unmarried women in Tunis, Tunisia, Jennifer Blum, Selma Hajri, Hela Chelli, Farouk Ben Mansour, Nabiha Gueddana, and Beverly Winikoff
The Tostan program: Evaluation of a community based education program in Senegal, Nafissatou J. Diop, Modou Mbacke Faye, Amadou Moreau, Jacqueline Cabral, Helene Benga, Fatou Cisse, Babacar Mane, Inge Baumgarten, and Molly Melching
Tulane University final report, M. Celeste Marin, Anastasia J. Gage, and Suhaila Khan
Understanding induced abortion: Findings from a programme of research in Rajasthan, India, Population Council
Unwanted pregnancy and induced abortion: Data from men and women in Rajasthan, India, Batya Elul, Sandhya Barge, Shalini Verma, Nayan Kumar, Hillary J. Bracken, and Hemlata Sadhwani