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 2017
Charity: A health volunteer success story, Amy Dempsey
Child marriage in Zambia, Population Council
Civil society involvement in family planning: A review of global programming and evidence, Victoria Boydell, Robin Keeley, Kumudha Aruldas, and Karen Hardee
Community engagement in SGBV prevention and response: A compendium of interventions in the East and Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes region, Zahra Mirghani, Joanina Karugaba, Nicholas Martin-Achard, Chi-Chi Undie, and Harriet Birungi
Contraceptive practices among married women of reproductive age in Bangladesh: A review of the evidence, Fauzia Akhter Huda, Yolande Robertson, Sabiha Chowdhuri, Bidhan Krishna Sarker, Laura Reichenbach, and Ratana Somrongthong
Contribution of contraceptive discontinuation to unintended births in 36 developing countries, Anrudh K. Jain and William Winfrey
Contribution of contraceptive discontinuation to unintended births in 36 developing countries, Population Council
Creating a culture of evidence use: Using an innovative knowledge translation platform to inform HIV/AIDS programming for women and girls, Jill Gay, Melanie Croce-Galis, Karen Hardee, and Amelia Peltz
Differential effects of community health worker visits across social and economic groups in Uttar Pradesh, India: A link between social inequities and health disparities, Aparna Seth, Shweta Tomar, Kultar Singh, Dharmendra Chandurkar, Amit Chakraverty, Arnab Dey, Arup Das, Katherine Hay, Niranjan Saggurti, Sabrina Boyce, Anita Raj, and Jay G. Silverman
Enhancing access to post-rape care for child survivors in the context of police and health services in Zambia: A feasibility assessment of a police response model, Nachela Chelwa, Kshipra Hemal, George Msipu Phiri, Michael Mbizvo, and Chi-Chi Undie
Enhancing frontline health workers' abilities to improve MNCH services in Bauchi State through task shifting/sharing, Sylvia Adebajo, Ekechi Okereke, and Friday Joseph
Enhancing frontline health workers' abilities to improve MNCH services in Cross River State through task shifting/sharing, Sylvia Adebajo, Ekechi Okereke, and Friday Joseph
Ensuring contraceptive security through effective supply chains, Moazzam Ali
Evaluation of the effectiveness of the HERhealth model for improving sexual and reproductive health and rights knowledge and access of female garment factory workers in Bangladesh, Md. Irfan Hossain, Abdullah Al Mahmud, Ashish Bajracharya, Ubaidur Rob, and Laura Reichenbach
Evaluation of the HERhealth Intervention in Bangladesh: Baseline findings from an implementation research study, Md. Irfan Hossain, Abdullah Al Mahmud, Ashish Bajracharya, Ubaidur Rob, and Laura Reichenbach
Expanding access to integrated family planning intervention packages for married adolescent girls in urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Fauzia Akhter Huda, Hassan Rushekh Mahmood, Sadia Afrin, Anisuddin Ahmed, Nafis Al Haque, and Bidhan Krishna Sarker
Exploring provider perspectives on respectful maternity care in Kenya: “Work with what you have”, Charity Ndwiga, Charlotte E. Warren, Julie Ritter, Pooja Sripad, and Timothy Abuya
Exploring the association between FGM/C and early/child marriage: A review of the evidence, Jamlick Karumbi, David Gathara, and Jacinta Muteshi-Strachan
Exploring the association between FGM/C and fistula: A review of the evidence, Pooja Sripad, Charity Ndwiga, and Kaji Tamanna Keya
Female genital cutting in Somaliland: Baseline assessment, Katy Newell-Jones
Female genital mutilation/cutting in Kenya: Is change taking place? Descriptive statistics from four waves of Demographic and Health Surveys, Bettina Shell-Duncan, David Gathara, and Zhuzhi Moore
Female genital mutilation/cutting in Nigeria: A scoping review, Blessing U. Mberu
Fertility differential of women in Bangladesh demographic and health survey 2014, Shongkour Roy and Sharif M.I. Hossain
Fertility intentions and contraceptive practices among clinic-users living with HIV in Kenya: A mixed methods study, Susannah H. Mayhew, Manuela Colombini, James Kelly Kimani, Keith Tomlin, Charlotte E. Warren, Integra Initiative, and Richard Mutemwa
Fertility transitions in Ghana and Kenya: Trends, determinants, and implications for policy and programs, Ian Askew, Baker Ndugga Maggwa, and Francis Obare
Florence: A midwife success story, Amy Dempsey
Garment sector health interventions in Cambodia: A comprehensive review, Molyaneth Heng and Ashish Bajracharya
Guidelines for the establishment of enterprise infirmaries, Royal Government of Cambodia
Harmonizing national abortion and pregnancy prevention laws and policies for sexual violence survivors with the Maputo Protocol, Jill Thompson, Chi-Chi Undie, Avni Amin, Ronald Johnson, Rajat Khosla, Ian Askew, Leopold Ouedraogo, Triphonie Nkurunziza, Sarah Rich, Elizabeth Westley, and Melissa Garcia
Health Education Materials for the Workplace: User's guide for partner organizations, Ulrich Madeja, David Wofford, and Carolyn Rodehau
Health needs, health seeking pathways, and drivers of health seeking behaviors of female garment factory workers in Cambodia: Findings from a qualitative study in Phnom Penh and Kandal provinces, Population Council and The Evidence Project
Impact of integrated services on HIV testing: A nonrandomized trial among Kenyan family planning clients, Kathryn Church, Charlotte E. Warren, Isolde Birdthistle, George B. Ploubidis, Keith Tomlin, Weiwei Zhou, James Kelly Kimani, Timothy Abuya, Charity Ndwiga, Sedona Sweeney, Susannah H. Mayhew, and Integra Initiative
Improving family planning service delivery in humanitarian crises, Chi-Chi Undie, Rajat Khosla, and Karl Blanchet
Improving the measurement of fertility regulation practices: Findings from qualitative research in Ghana, Cicely Marston, Alicia Renedo, Gertrude Nyaaba, Kazuyo Machiyama, Placide Tapsoba, and John C. Cleland
Increasing access to reproductive health care through improved service delivery, Gul Rashida, Iram Kamran, Muhammad Khalil, Zeba Tasneem, Rehan M. Niazi, Mumraiz Khan, and Tahira Parveen
Increasing contraceptive access for hard-to-reach populations with vouchers and social franchising in Uganda, Benjamin Bellows, Anna Mackay, Antonia Dingle, Richard Tuyiragize, William Nnyombi, and Aisha Dasgupta
Indicators for measurement and improvement of the quality of family planning programs: The Philippines, 1997–1998, Population Council
Information about methods received by contraceptive users in India, Anrudh K. Jain
Introduction and approval of menstrual regulation with medication in Bangladesh: A stakeholder analysis, Fauzia Akhter Huda, Sadia Afrin, Bidhan Krishna Sarker, Hassan Rushekh Mahmood, and Anadil Alam
Is girls’ enrolment the chicken or the egg?, Chi-Chi Undie and Harriet Birungi
Knowledge and practices for pre-eclampsia and eclampsia care in Bangladesh, Kanij Sultana and Amy Dempsey
Knowledge and provision of misoprostol among pharmacy workers in Senegal: A cross sectional study, Kate Reiss, Katharine Footman, Eva Burke, Nafissatou Diop, Ramatoulaye Ndao, Babacar Mane, Maaike Van Min, and Thoai Ngo
Knowledge of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in Bangladesh, Kanij Sultana and Amy Dempsey
Landscape analysis: Preventing and managing pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in Pakistan, Population Council
L’expérience de femmes ayant subi une grossesse non désirée au Sénégal : Une étude qualitative, Fatou Mbow and Nafissatou Diop
Life-saving medicines and equipment in facilities in Bangladesh, Kanij Sultana and Amy Dempsey
Longitudinal associations of intimate partner violence attitudes and perpetration: Dyadic couples data from a randomized controlled trial in rural India, Holly B. Shakya, Paul Fleming, Niranjan Saggurti, Balaiah Donta, Jay G. Silverman, and Anita Raj
Manifestations and drivers of mistreatment of women during childbirth in Kenya: Implications for measurement and developing interventions, Charlotte E. Warren, Rebecca Njue, Charity Ndwiga, and Timothy Abuya
Married young women and girls' family planning and maternal heath preferences and use in Ethiopia, Aparna Jain, Elizabeth Tobey, Hussein Ismail, and Annabel Erulkar
Method-specific attributes that influence choice of future contraception among married women in Nairobi’s informal settlements, Joyce Mumah, John B. Casterline, Kazuyo Machiyama, Marylene Wamukoya, Caroline W. Kabiru, and John C. Cleland
Methods used in prevalence studies of disrespect and abuse during facility based childbirth: Lessons learned, David Sando, Timothy Abuya, Anteneh Asefa, Kathleen P. Banks, Lynn P. Freedman, Stephanie Kujawski, Amanda Markovitz, Charity Ndwiga, Kate Ramsey, Hannah Ratcliffe, Emmanuel O. Ugwu, Charlotte E. Warren, and R. Rima Jolivet
Modeling and mapping of girls' female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in the context of economic, social, and regional disparities: Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys 1998-2014, Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala, Damaris Kinyoki, Ahmed Sarki, David Gathara, Paul Komba, and Bettina Shell-Duncan
"New users" are confusing our counting: Reaching consensus on how to measure 'additional users' of family planning, Aisha Dasgupta, Michelle Weinberger, Benjamin Bellows, and Win Brown
Partenariat avec le secteur privé pour renforcer la fourniture de la contraception, Karen Hardee, David Wofford, and Nandita Thatte
Partnering with the private sector to strengthen provision of contraception, Karen Hardee, David Wofford, and Nandita Thatte
Policies for pre-eclampsia and eclampsia prevention and management in Bangladesh, Kanij Sultana and Amy Dempsey
Quality of care in the context of rights-based family planning, Anrudh K. Jain
Rapid evidence assessment: Quality of studies assessing interventions to support FGM/C abandonment, Tammary Esho, Jamlick Karumbi, and Carolyne Njue
Reasons for unmet need for family planning, with attention to the measurement of fertility preferences in Kenya and Bangladesh, Joyce Mumah, Kazuyo Machiyama, Caroline W. Kabiru, George Odwe, Francis Obare, Fauzia Akhter Huda, John B. Casterline, and John C. Cleland
Reasons for unmet need for family planning, with attention to the measurement of fertility preferences: Protocol for a multi-site cohort study, Kazuyo Machiyama, John B. Casterline, Joyce Mumah, Fauzia Akhter Huda, Francis Obare, George Odwe, Caroline W. Kabiru, Sharifa Yeasmin, and John C. Cleland
Reducing barriers to accessing fistula repair: Establishing a baseline in Ebonyi, Population Council
Reducing barriers to accessing fistula repair: Establishing a baseline in Katsina, Population Council
Reducing barriers to accessing fistula repair: Establishing a baseline in Uganda, Population Council
Research to Action: Lessons and Learning with the Evidence Project, Robin Keeley and Karen Hardee
Resilience and community response to climate-related events: Case studies from four countries, Aviva Klein Meyers and Karen Hardee
Results from systematic literature review on PE/E in Bangladesh, Karen Kirk and Amy Dempsey
Results from systematic literature review on PE/E in Nigeria, Amy Dempsey and Karen Kirk
Risk factors for pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in Belize, Population Council
Risk factors for pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in Cambodia, Population Council
Risk factors for pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in Guatemala, Population Council
Risk factors for pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in Nepal, Population Council
Senegal: Explorer le processus de la collaboration multisectorielle mise en place pour l’étude qualitative, Fatou Mbow, Nafissatou Diop, Awa Diop Dabo, Awa Tounkara Cissé, and Seynabou Ba Diakhaté
“Side effects affected my daily activities a lot”: A qualitative exploration of the impact of contraceptive side effects in Bangladesh, Aparna Jain, Laura Reichenbach, Iqbal Ehsan, and Ubaidur Rob
Sowing the seeds of transformative practice to actualize women’s rights to respectful maternity care: Reflections from Kenya using the consolidated framework for implementation research, Charlotte E. Warren, Charity Ndwiga, Pooja Sripad, Melissa Medich, Anne Njeru, Alice Maranga, George Odhiambo, and Timothy Abuya
Spousal concordance in knowledge of contraceptive methods among married couples in rural Maharashtra, India, Sheila Mody, Niranjan Saggurti, Jay G. Silverman, Balaiah Donta, and Anita Raj
Status of sexual and reproductive health and rights in Zambia: Comprehensive sexuality education and adolescents sexual and reproductive health, Population Council
Status of sexual and reproductive health and rights in Zambia: Contraception and family planning, preventing unsafe abortion and accessing post abortion care, and maternal health, Population Council
Status of sexual and reproductive health and rights in Zambia: Violence against women and HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, Population Council
Strengthening school-based sexual and reproductive health education and services in Accra, Ghana, Nancy Termini LaChance and Terence Adda-Balinia
Strengthening the role of patent and proprietary medicine vendors in the provision of injectable contraception in Nigeria, Salisu Mohammed Ishaku
The current status of research on the integration of sexual and reproductive health and HIV services, Charlotte E. Warren, Susannah H. Mayhew, and Jonathan Hopkins
The need for improved information exchange between family planning providers and clients, Population Council
The role of public-sector family planning programs in meeting the demand for contraception in sub-Saharan Africa, John Bongaarts and Karen Hardee
Uganda retail audit: Analysis and report, The Evidence Project
Understanding adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health-seeking behaviors in Ethiopia: Implications for youth friendly service programming, Aparna Jain, Hussein Ismail, Elizabeth Tobey, and Annabel Erulkar
Use of male methods of contraception worldwide, John Ross and Karen Hardee
Using automated voice messages linked to telephone counselling to increase post-menstrual regulation contraceptive uptake and continuation in Bangladesh: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial, Kate Reiss, Kathryn L. Andersen, Sharmani Barnard, Thoai Ngo, Kamal Biswas, Christopher Smith, James Carpenter, Kathryn Church, Sadid Nuremowla, and Erin Pearson
Using data to target and scale-up girls' support programs and child marriage prevention, The Evidence Project
What do users really want?, Saumya RamaRao, John Townsend, and James Sailer
Women's perceptions and experiences of family planning by contraceptive methods in Kenya and Bangladesh: Preliminary results, Kazuyo Machiyama, Joyce Mumah, Caroline W. Kabiru, George Odwe, Francis Obare, Fauzia Akhter Huda, John C. Cleland, and John B. Casterline
Workplace health and the garment sector in Cambodia, Bunmey Yat, Carolyn Rodehau, David Wofford, and Ashish Bajracharya
Submissions from 2016
A call to action on women’s health: Putting corporate CSR standards for workplace health on the global health agenda, David Wofford, Shawn MacDonald, and Carolyn Rodehau
Acceptability and feasibility of introducing strengthened school-based sexual and reproductive health information and services in Accra, Ghana, Terence Adda-Balinia, Philip Teg-Nefaah Tabong, Maya Teye, Philip Baba Adongo, Placide Tapsoba, and Harriet Birungi
Adapting a health systems strengthening model to improve access to health services in a factory: A pilot project in Haiti, Carolyn Rodehau, David Wofford, and Suzanne Brockman
Addressing supply side factors to improve family planning and reproductive health services in the Indian National Health Insurance Scheme in Uttar Pradesh, Arupendra Mozumdar, Kumudha Aruldas, Aparna Jain, Laura Reichenbach, Robin Keeley, and M.E. Khan
Adolescent sexual and reproductive health situation: Insights from the 2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey, Francis Obare, George Odwe, and Harriet Birungi
Adolescents in Bangladesh: Programmatic approaches to sexual and reproductive health education and services, Sigma Ainul, Ashish Bajracharya, and Laura Reichenbach
A model for providing 24-hour normal delivery services at Union Health and Family Welfare Centers in Bangladesh, Md. Noorunnabi Talukder, Ubaidur Rob, A.K.M. Zafar Ullah Khan, Forhana Rahman Noor, and Afsana Fatema Noor
Analyzing the building blocks of resilience: Findings from a baseline survey of the Tuungane Population, Health, and Environment Project in western Tanzania, Kristin Bietsch, Reshma Naik, Kristen P. Patterson, Cara Honzak, Mustafa Kudrati, Hellen Magige, Cheryl Margoluis, Laura Subramanian, Christopher Hale, Carolyn Lamere, Sebastiaan Hess, and Craig Leisher
A review of 10 years of vasectomy programming and research in low-resource settings, Dominick Shattuck, Brian Perry, Catherine Packer, and Dawn S. Chin-Quee