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Submissions from 2013
Insights into unmet need in Kenya, Kazuyo Machiyama and John C. Cleland
Insights into unmet need in Senegal, Kazuyo Machiyama and John C. Cleland
International seminar on "Is access enough? Understanding and addressing unmet need for family planning", IUSSP Scientific Panel on Reproductive Health
Introducing medical MR in Bangladesh: MRM final report, Ismat Ara Hena, Ubaidur Rob, Nargis Sultana, Md. Irfan Hossain, Reena Yasmin, Tapash Ranjan Das, and Farid Uddin Ahmed
Islam and family planning: Changing perceptions of health care providers and medical faculty in Pakistan, Ali M. Mir and Gul Rashida
Journee de dialogue sur la contraception d'urgence (CU), Population Council and International Consortium for Emergency Contraception
Lessons from reproductive health to inform multipurpose prevention technologies: Don't reinvent the wheel, Martha Brady and Judy Manning
Local social support mitigates depression among women contending with spousal violence and husband’s risky drinking in Mumbai slum communities, Anindita Dasgupta, Madhusudana Battala, Niranjan Saggurti, Saritha Nair, Dattaram D. Naik, Jay G. Silverman, Balaiah Donta, and Anita Raj
Lost in translation: Assessing effectiveness of focus group questioning techniques to develop improved translation of terminology used in HIV prevention clinical trials, Natasha Mack, Catalina B. Ramirez, Barbara Friedland, and Soori Nnko
Mainstreaming emergency contraception in developing countries: A toolkit for policymakers and service providers, Wilson Liambila, Saumya RamaRao, Joyce Wanderi Maina, and Mary W. Gathitu
Male migrants' non-spousal sexual partnerships in the place of origin: An in-depth investigation in two rural settings of India, Deepika Ganju, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, and Niranjan Saggurti
Male sex workers who sell sex to men also engage in anal intercourse with women: Evidence from Mombasa, Kenya, Priya Mannava, Scott Geibel, Nzioki King'ola, Marleen Temmerman, and Stanley Luchters
Measuring coverage in MNCH: New findings, new strategies, and recommendations for action, Jennifer Bryce, Fred Arnold, Ann K. Blanc, Attila Hancioglu, Holly Newby, Jennifer Requejo, and Tessa Wardlaw
Measuring coverage in MNCH: Validating women's self-report of emergency cesarean sections in Ghana and the Dominican Republic, Özge Tunçalp, Cynthia Stanton, Arachu Castro, Richard Adanu, Marilyn Heymann, Kwame Adu-Bonsaffoh, Samantha R. Lattof, Ann K. Blanc, and Ana Langer
Meeting the unmet need for family planning: Now is the time, Herbert Peterson, Gary L. Darmstadt, and John Bongaarts
Microbicide clinical trial adherence: Insights for introduction, Cynthia Woodsong, Kathleen M. MacQueen, K. Rivet Amico, Barbara Friedland, Mitzy Gafos, Leila Mansoor, Elizabeth E. Tolley, and Sheena McCormack
Migration and HIV risk among male migrant workers in India: Destination sites study, Population Council, Karnataka Health Promotion Trust, and Annamalai University
Migration and HIV risk in India: Places of origin study, Population Council
Mitigating the consequences of sexual violence in Zambia by decentralizing emergency medical responses to police victim support units: Report on the feasibility of police provision of post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV (PEP) in Zambia, Mary Zama, Mardieh Dennis, Jessica Price, Stephanie M. Topp, Jonathan Kaunda Mwansa, and Jill Keesbury
Motivations for entering volunteer service and factors affecting productivity: A mixed method survey of STEPS-OVC volunteer HIV caregivers in Zambia, Jessica Price, Tina Moyo, Stephanie Topp, Drosin Mulenga, Mardieh Dennis, and Mathew Ngunga
New advances on disease biomarkers and molecular targets in biomedicine, Nikki P. Lee, John M. Luk, and C. Yan Cheng
New vision for contraceptive research and development, Régine Sitruk-Ware and Peter J. Donaldson
Nonreceptor protein kinases c-Src, c-Yes, and FAK are biomarkers for male contraceptive research, Xiang Xiao, Dolores D. Mruk, Pranitha Jenardhanan, Jayakanthan Mannu, Premendu P. Mathur, Will M. Lee, Bruno Silvestrini, Yan Ho Cheng, and C. Yan Cheng
Out-of-pocket expenses for maternity care in rural Bangladesh: A public-private comparison, Md. Moshiur Rahman, Ubaidur Rob, Forhana Rahman Noor, and Benjamin Bellows
Performance-based incentives to improve health status of mothers and newborns: What does the evidence show?, Rena Eichler, Kokila Agarwal, Ian Askew, Emma Iriarte, Lindsay Morgan, and Julia Watson
Polarity protein complex scribble/lgl/dlg and epithelial cell barriers, Wen Hui Su, Dolores D. Mruk, Elissa W.P. Wong, Wing-Yee Lui, and C. Yan Cheng
Policy brief—Mainstreaming emergency contraception in developing countries: A toolkit for policymakers and service providers, Wilson Liambila, Saumya RamaRao, Joyce Wanderi Maina, and Mary W. Gathitu
Policy scripts and students' realities regarding sexuality education in secondary schools in Kenya, Francis Obare and Harriet Birungi
Population-based prevalence of hepatitis B and C virus, HIV, syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia in male injection drug users in Lagos, Nigeria, Waimar Tun, Lung Vu, Sylvia Adebajo, Lolade Abiodun, Meredith Sheehy, Andrew Karlyn, Jean Njab, Babatunde A.O. Ahonsi, B. Kawu Issa, and Omokhudu Idogho
Population-level impact of vouchers on access to health facility delivery for women in Kenya: A quasi-experimental study, Francis Obare, Charlotte E. Warren, Timothy Abuya, Ian Askew, and Benjamin Bellows
Post-abortion care in Pakistan: A national study, Zeba Sathar, Susheela Singh, Zakir Hussain Shah, Gul Rashida, Iram Kamran, and Kanwal Eshai
Predictors of sexual debut among young adolescents in Nairobi's informal settlements, Milly Marston, Donatien Beguy, Caroline W. Kabiru, and John C. Cleland
Pregnancies, abortion and women's reproductive health in rural Haryana, India, Sutapa Agrawal, Sayeed Unisa, and Praween Kumar Agrawal
Prevalence and correlates of non-disclosure of HIV serostatus to sex partners among HIV-infected female sex workers and HIV-infected male clients of female sex workers in India, Niranjan Saggurti, Anita Raj, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Debbie M. Cheng, Sharon Coleman, Carly Bridden, Madhusudana Battala, Jay G. Silverman, Manoj Pardeshi, and Jeffrey H. Samet
Prevalence and determinants of unintended pregnancy among women in Nairobi, Kenya, Lawrence Ikamari, Chimaraoke O. Izugbara, and Rhoune Ochako
Prevalence of HIV-1 drug resistance among women screening for HIV prevention trials in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (MTN-009), Urvi M. Parikh, Photini Kiepiela, Shayhana Ganesh, Kailazarid Gomez, Stephanie Horn, Krista Eskay, Cliff Kelly, Barbara Mensch, Pamina M. Gorbach, Lydia Soto-Torres, Gita Ramjee, John W. Mellors, and IPTc Taskforce
Prevalence of HIV, hepatitis B and C, and co-infection in a cohort of male injection drug users in Delhi, Lopamudra Saraswati, Mary Philip Sebastian, Avina Sarna, Vartika Sharma, Ira Madan, Dean Lewis, Ibou Thior, and Waimar Tun
Progesterone and related progestins: Potential new health benefits, Régine Sitruk-Ware and Martine El-Etr
Progesterone vaginal ring: Introducing a contraceptive to meet the needs of breastfeeding women, Saumya RamaRao, Heather Clark, Ruth Merkatz, Heather Sussman, and Régine Sitruk-Ware
Quality of care and client willingness to pay for family planning services at Marie Stopes International in Burkina Faso, Placide Tapsoba, Dalomi Bahan, Emily Forsyth Queen, Gisele Kaboré, and Sally Hughes
Randomized controlled trial to test the RHANI wives HIV intervention for women in India at risk for HIV from husbands, Anita Raj, Niranjan Saggurti, Madhusudana Battala, Saritha Nair, Anindita Dasgupta, Dattaram D. Naik, Daniela Abramovitz, Jay G. Silverman, and Balaiah Donta
Redeeming qualities: Exploring factors that affect women's use of reproductive health vouchers in Cambodia, Carinne D. Brody, Julie Freccero, Claire D. Brindis, and Benjamin Bellows
Reducing unmet need by supporting women with met need, Anrudh K. Jain, Francis Obare, Saumya RamaRao, and Ian Askew
Reproductive health concerns of women contending with spousal violence and husband's alcohol use in a Mumbai slum community, Saritha Nair, Anita Raj, Niranjan Saggurti, Dattaram D. Naik, Anindita Dasgupta, and Balaiah Donta
Reproductive health voucher program and facility based delivery in informal settlements in Nairobi: A longitudinal analysis, Djesika D. Amendah, Martin Kavao Mutua, Catherine Kyobutungi, Evans Buliva, and Benjamin Bellows
Reviewing and interpreting bodies of evidence for preparing practice recommendations, Ian Askew
Reviewing the evidence and identifying gaps in family planning research: The unfinished agenda to meet FP2020 goals, Ian Askew and Martha Brady
Risky sexual behavior among orphan and non-orphan adolescents in Nyanza Province, Western Kenya, Milka Juma, Jane Alaii, L. Kay Bartholomew, Ian Askew, and Bart van den Borne
Role of community group exposure in reducing sexually transmitted infection-related risk among female sex workers in India, Diwakar Yadov, Shreena Ramanathan, Prabuddhagopal Goswami, Lakshmi Ramakrishnan, Niranjan Saggurti, Shrabanti Sen, Bitra George, and Ramesh S. Paranjape
Role of P-glycoprotein at the blood-testis barrier on adjudin distribution in the testis a revisit of recent data, Linlin Su, Pranitha Jenardhanan, Dolores D. Mruk, Premendu P. Mathur, Yan Ho Cheng, Ka-Wai Mok, Michele Bonanomi, Bruno Silvestrini, and C. Yan Cheng
Safety and adherence of a non-medicated intravaginal ring (IVR) (MTN-005), Population Council
Safety and effectiveness of termination services performed by doctors versus midlevel providers: A systematic review and analysis, Thoai Ngo, Min Hae Park, and Caroline Free
Scaling up advocacy for gender-based violence and child sexual abuse in the East, Central and Southern Africa region: Technical exchange and meeting, East Central and Southern African Health Community
Self reported risk reduction behavior associated with HIV testing and counseling: A comparative analysis of facility- and home-based models in rural Uganda, Edgar M. Mulogo, Aden S. Abdulaziz, Ranieri Guerra, Benjamin Bellows, and Sebastian O. Baine
Self-report of STI symptoms, inconsistent condom use and condom non-use are poor predictors of STI prevalence among men who have sex with men, Karikalan Nagarajan, Sheela Godbole, Lakshmi Ramakrishnan, Mandar Mainkar, Sowmya Ramesh, Deepika Ganju, and Ramesh S. Paranjape
Sexually transmitted infections and reproductive health morbidity in a cohort of female sex workers screened for a microbicide feasibility study in Nellore, India, Avina Sarna, Barbara Friedland, Aylur K. Srikrishnan, Lauren L. Katzen, Waimar Tun, Sharon Abbott, Ulrike Rawiel, Christine A. Kelly, C.S. Shalini, Suniti Solomon, and Barbara Mensch
Shaping Demand and Practices to Improve Family Health Outcomes: Findings from a Quantitative Survey, Volume 3: Bihar, M.E. Khan, France Donnay, Usha Kiran Tarigopula, and Kumudha Aruldas
Situation analysis of programs to meet the HIV prevention, care, and treatment needs of persons with disabilities in Ghana, Uganda, and Zambia, Waimar Tun, Jerry Okal, Katie D. Schenk, Meredith Sheehy, Emmanuel Kuffour, Selina F. Esantsi, Hilary Asiah, Grimond Moono, Felix Mutale, Rita Kyeremaa, Edson Ngirabakunzi, and Atwijukire Justus
Statement on combined hormonal contraceptives containing third- or fourth-generation progestogens or cyproterone acetate, and the associated risk of thromboembolism, Johannes Bitzer, Jean-Jacques Amy, Rob Beerthuizen, Martin Birkhauser, Teresa Bombas, Mitchell Creinin, Philip Darney, Lisa Ferreira Vicente, Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson, Bruno Imthurn, Jeffrey T. Jensen, Andrew M. Kaunitz, Ali Kubba, Medard M. Lech, Diana Mansour, Gabriele Merki, Thomas Rabe, Katrina Sedlecki, David Serfaty, Jacques Seydoux, Lee P. Shulman, Régine Sitruk-Ware, Sven O. Skouby, Anne Szarewski, James Trussell, and Carolyn Westhoff
Status report on the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents living in urban slums in Kenya, Donatien Beguy, Joyce Mumah, Salome Wawire, Kanyiva Muindi, Lindsey Gottschalk, and Caroline W. Kabiru
Strategies for recruiting injection drug users for HIV prevention services in Delhi, India, Waimar Tun, Mary Philip Sebastian, Vartika Sharma, Ira Madan, Samir Souidi, Dean Lewis, Ibou Thior, and Avina Sarna
Study protocol for promoting respectful maternity care initiative to assess, measure and design interventions to reduce disrespect and abuse during childbirth in Kenya, Charlotte E. Warren, Rebecca Njuki, Timothy Abuya, Charity Ndwiga, Jane Serwanga Maingi, Faith Mbehero, Louisa Muteti, Anne Njeru, Joseph Karanja, Joyce Olenja, Lucy Gitonga, Chris Rakuom, and Benjamin Bellows
The apical ectoplasmic specialization-blood-testis barrier functional axis is A novel target for male contraception, Ka-Wai Mok, Pearl P.Y. Lie, Dolores D. Mruk, Jayakanthan Mannu, Premendu P. Mathur, Bruno Silvestrini, and C. Yan Cheng
The association between noncommercial partnerships and risk of HIV among female sex workers: Evidences from a cross-sectional behavioral and biological survey in southern India, Renuka Somanatha Pullikalu, Ram Manohar Mishra, Niranjan Saggurti, and Parimi Prabhakar
The association of unwanted pregnancy and social support with depressive symptoms in pregnancy: Evidence from rural southwestern Ethiopia, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Mesganaw Fantahun Afework, and Michelle J. Hindin
The blood-follicle barrier (BFB) in disease and in ovarian function, Michelle K.Y. Siu and C. Yan Cheng
The community midwifery model in Kenya: Expanding access to comprehensive reproductive health services at the community level, Wilson Liambila, Francis Obare, Chi-Chi Undie, Harriet Birungi, Shiphrah Kuria, Ruth Wayua Muia, and Assumpta Matekwa
The Community Mobilization for Preventive Action (COMPACT) project in Zambia: A midline evaluation, Waimar Tun, Chabu Kangale, Scott Geibel, Meredith Sheehy, Ray Handema, and Mwaka Monze
The consequences of unintended pregnancy for maternal and child health in rural India: Evidence from prospective data, Abhishek Singh, Ashish Singh, and Bidhubhusan Mahapatra
The evolving braid: How an organization in Uganda achieved reliable communications, Melissa Densmore, Benjamin Bellows, John Chuang, and Eric Brewer
The health and wellbeing of young people in sub-Saharan Africa: An under-researched area?, Caroline W. Kabiru, Chimaraoke O. Izugbara, and Donatien Beguy
The impact of vouchers on the use and quality of health care in developing countries: A systematic review, Carinne D. Brody, Nicole M. Bellows, Martha Campbell, and Malcolm Potts
The importance of public sector health facility-level data for monitoring changes in maternal mortality risks among communities: The case of Pakistan, Anrudh K. Jain, Zeba Sathar, Momina Salim, and Zakir Hussain Shah
The role of community-based health planning and services strategy in involving males in the provision of family planning services: A qualitative study in Southern Ghana, Philip Baba Adongo, Placide Tapsoba, James F. Phillips, Philip Teg-Nefaah Tabong, Allison Stone, Emmanuel Kuffour, Selina F. Esantsi, and Patricia Akweongo
The Unfinished Agenda to Meet FP2020 Goals: 12 Actions to Fill Critical Evidence Gaps, Ian Askew and Martha Brady
Toward a research agenda on gendered violence in sub-Saharan Africa, Chi-Chi Undie
Transcriptional regulation of cell adhesion at the blood-testis barrier and spermatogenesis in the testis, Wing-Yee Lui and C. Yan Cheng
Transitions to adulthood in a high fertility context: The case of sub-Saharan Africa, Caroline W. Kabiru, Chimaraoke O. Izugbara, Donatien Beguy, and Estelle M. Sidze
Ulipristal blocks ovulation by inhibiting progesterone receptor-dependent pathways intrinsic to the ovary, Shanmugasundaram Nallasamy, Jaeyeon Kim, Régine Sitruk-Ware, Milan K. Bagchi, and Indrani C. Bagchi
Understanding orphan and non-orphan adolescents' sexual risks in the context of poverty: A qualitative study in Nyanza Province, Kenya, Milka Juma, Jane Alaii, L. Kay Bartholomew, Ian Askew, and Bart van den Borne
Understanding unintended pregnancy in Bangladesh: Country profile report, Fauzia Akhter Huda, Sabiha Chowdhuri, Yolande Robertson, Noushin Islam, Bidhan Krishna Sarker, Ashrafi Jahan Azmi, and Laura Reichenbach
Unintended pregnancies and the use of maternal health services in southwestern Ethiopia, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Mesganaw Fantahun Afework, and Michelle J. Hindin
Unmet need and unintended pregnancy: The bigger picture, Ian Askew
Unmet need and unintended pregnancy: The bigger picture, Ian Askew
Unsuccessful prior attempts to terminate pregnancy among women seeking first trimester abortion at registered facilities in Bihar and Jharkhand, India, Rajesh Kumar, A.J. Francis Zavier, Shveta Kalyanwala, and Shireen J. Jejeebhoy
Use of dual protection among female sex workers in Swaziland, Eileen Yam, Zandile Mnisi, X. Mabuza, Caitlin E. Kennedy, Deanna Kerrigan, Amy Ong Tsui, and Stefan Baral
Use of magnesium sulfate for treatment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in Mexico, Marieke G. van Dijk, Claudia Diaz, Patricia Zuniga Uribe, Rufina Luna Gordillo, Maria Elena Reyes Gutierrez, and Sandra G. Garcia
Use of the dye stain assay and ultraviolet light test for assessing vaginal insertion of placebo-filled applicators before and after sex, Marla J. Keller, Niall Buckley, Lauren L. Katzen, Jennifer Walsh, Barbara Friedland, Sarah A. Littlefield, Juan Lin, Xiaonan Xue, Terri Cornelison, Betsy C. Herold, and Mark H. Einstein
Using evidence-based recommendations for guidance, guidelines and scale-up strategies, Ian Askew
Violence-related coping, help seeking and health care-based intervention preferences among perinatal women in Mumbai, India, Michele R. Decker, Saritha Nair, Niranjan Saggurti, Bushra Sabri, Meghna Jethva, Anita Raj, Balaiah Donta, and Jay G. Silverman
Vitamin A supplementation among children in India: Does their socioeconomic status and the economic and social development status of their state of residence make a difference?, Sutapa Agrawal and Praween Kumar Agrawal
Why do we need male contraceptives?, C. Yan Cheng and Dolores D. Mruk
Women's childhood experience: A perspective from rural Haryana, India, Sutapa Agrawal, Sayeed Unisa, and Praween Kumar Agrawal
Submissions from 2012
60 years of ideas, evidence, and impact, Population Council
Acceptability in microbicide and PrEP trials: Current status and a reconceptualization, Barbara Mensch, Ariane van der Straten, and Lauren L. Katzen
A decade of research involving men who have sex with men in sub-Saharan Africa: Current knowledge and future directions, Nicholas Muraguri, Marleen Temmerman, and Scott Geibel
Adoption and continuation of contraception following medical or surgical abortion in Bihar and Jharkhand, India, Shveta Kalyanwala, Rajib Acharya, and A.J. Francis Zavier
Adverse drug reactions to antiretroviral therapy (ARVs): Incidence, type, and risk factors in Nigeria, George I. Eluwa, Titilope Badru, Kenneth A. Agu, Kesiena Akpoigbe, Otto Nzapfurundi, and Chabikuli Christoph Hamelmann
Alcohol use and STI among men in India: Evidences from a national household survey, Arvind Pandey, Ram Manohar Mishra, Dandu C.S. Reddy, Mariamma Thomas, Damodar Sahu, and Deepak Bharadwaj
A lifetime of violence: Results from an exploratory survey of Mexican women with HIV, Tamil Kendall, Marieke G. van Dijk, Katherine Wilson, Nizarindandi Picasso, Diana K. Lara, and Sandra G. Garcia