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
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
Measuring disrespect and abuse to promote respectful maternity care, Population Council
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
Numbers, systems, people: How interactions influence integration. Insights from case studies of HIV and reproductive health services delivery in Kenya, Susannah H. Mayhew, Sedona Sweeney, Charlotte E. Warren, Martine Collumbien, Charity Ndwiga, Richard Mutemwa, Irina Lut, Manuela Colombini, Anna Vassall, and Integra Initiative
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
Pathways to increased coverage: An analysis of time trends in contraceptive need and use among adolescents and young women in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda, Mardieh L. Dennis, Emma Radovich, Kerry L.M. Wong, Onikepe Owolabi, Francesca L. Cavallaro, Michael Mbizvo, Agnes Binagwaho, Peter Waiswa, Caroline A. Lynch, and Lenka Benova
Policies for pre-eclampsia and eclampsia prevention and management in Bangladesh, Kanij Sultana and Amy Dempsey
Private sector action for women's health and empowerment: How business can invest in women and realize returns, Robyn Russell, Ilze Melngailis, Andrea Lilja, Elissa Goldenberg, Lisa Staxang, Carolyn Rodehau, and David Wofford
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
Unfolding the mystery of reliance on traditional methods of birth control in Assam, India, Pralip Kumar Narzary, Battala Madhusudana, and A. Sathiya Susuman
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
Antiretroviral treatment for pregnant women living with HIV: A summary of issues, interventions, and evidence, Jill Gay, Melanie Croce-Galis, Karen Hardee, and Mackenzie Kacmarcik
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
Assessing maternal and newborn health commodities in Bangladesh, Population Council
Assessing the validity of indicators of the quality of maternal and newborn health care in Kenya, Ann K. Blanc, Charlotte E. Warren, Katharine McCarthy, James Kelly Kimani, Charity Ndwiga, and Saumya RamaRao
A state-of-the-art synthesis on female genital mutilation/cutting: What do we know now?, Bettina Shell-Duncan, Reshma Naik, and Charlotte Feldman-Jacobs
A systematic review of the treatment and management of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in Nigeria, Karen Kirk and Ishita Chattopadhyay
A systematic review of the treatment and management of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in Pakistan, Saleem Shaikh and Ali M. Mir
Barriers to fistula repair in Nigeria: A formative study, Population Council
Barriers to fistula repair in Uganda: A formative study, Population Council
Building a national pro-choice alliance in Mexico: Evaluation of the Alliance media campaign to promote access to safe, free, and legal abortion services, Population Council
Can surveys of women accurately track indicators of maternal and newborn care? A validity and reliability study in Kenya, Katharine McCarthy, Ann K. Blanc, Charlotte E. Warren, James Kelly Kimani, Brian Mdawida, and Charity Ndwiga
Changes in optimal childcare practices in Kenya: Insights from the 2003, 2008-9 and 2014 demographic and health surveys, Dennis Matanda, Helga Bjørnøy Urke, and Maurice B. Mittelmark
Comment créer des programmes de vasectomie réussist, Brian Perry, Catherine Packer, Dawn S. Chin-Quee, Trinity Zan, and Dominick Shattuck
Conditional and unconditional cash transfers to improve use of contraception in low and middle income countries: A systematic review, M.E. Khan, Avishek Hazra, Aastha Kant, and Moazzam Ali
Considerations on the use and interpretation of survey data on FGM/C, Bettina Shell-Duncan
Contraceptive method choice among women in slum and non-slum communities in Nairobi, Kenya, Rhoune Ochako, Chimaraoke O. Izugbara, Jerry Okal, Ian Askew, and Marleen Temmerman
Contraceptive use dynamics in India: Cohort study of modern spacing contraceptive users, Population Council
Corrective equations to self-reported height and weight for obesity estimates among U.S. adults: NHANES 1999–2008, Arupendra Mozumdar and Gary Liguori
Delivering contraceptive vaginal rings to breastfeeding women, Population Council
Does integration of HIV and sexual and reproductive health services improve technical efficiency in Kenya and Swaziland? An application of a two-stage semi parametric approach incorporating quality measures, Carol Dayo Obure, Rowena Jacobs, Lorna Guinness, Susannah H. Mayhew, Anna Vassall, and Integra Initiative
Effectiveness of a community-based SGBV prevention model in emergency settings in Uganda: Testing the 'Zero Tolerance Village Alliance' intervention, Chi-Chi Undie, Harriet Birungi, Francis Obare, George Odwe, Jane Harriet Namwebya, Paul Orikushaba, Prosmolly Ayebale, William Onen, Fiona Nicholson, Rachel Chisinga-Francis, Peter Netshabako, Anne Katahoire, David Apollo Kazungu, Darlson Kusasira, Zahra Mirghani, and Joanina Karugaba
Empowering adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa to prevent unintended pregnancy and HIV: A critical research gap, Sharon J. Phillips and Michael Mbizvo
Ending the medicalization of female genital mutilation/cutting in Egypt, Sarah Ghattass, Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab, and Salma Abou Hussein
Ending the medicalization of female genital mutilation/cutting in Egypt [Arabic], Sarah Ghattass, Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab, and Salma Abou Hussein
Evaluating the impact of integrated microfinance and reproductive (MF/RH) services on household wellbeing and reproductive health behaviors of women in Nigeria, Population Council
Evaluation de la mise en oeuvre et des réalisations de l’Approche 3D au sein du Plan d’Action National de Planification Familiale (PANPF) au Sénégal—Technical Brief, Population Council
Evaluation of the impact of strengthening Union Health and Family Welfare Centers for providing 24/7 normal delivery services in Bangladesh, Md. Noorunnabi Talukder, A.K.M. Zafar Ullah Khan, Mohammed Sharif, Forhana Rahman Noor, Surojit Kundu, Shongkour Roy, Afsana Fatema Noor, and Ubaidur Rob
Evidence to End FGM/C Research Programme: Presentation at the sixtieth session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, Jacinta Muteshi-Strachan