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Submissions from 2012
A policy analysis of the implementation of a reproductive health vouchers program in Kenya, Timothy Abuya, Rebecca Njuki, Charlotte E. Warren, Jerry Okal, Francis Obare, Lucy Kanya, Ian Askew, and Benjamin Bellows
A review and evaluation of multi-sectoral response services ('one-stop centers') for gender-based violence in Kenya and Zambia, Jill Keesbury, Washington Onyango-Ouma, Chi-Chi Undie, Catherine Maternowska, Frederick Mugisha, Emmy Kageha, and Ian Askew
Assessing and improving self-reporting of male circumcision in Zambia and Swaziland, Paul C. Hewett, Nicole Haberland, Barbara Mensch, and Louis Apicella
Assessment of management information system [MIS] of national program for family planning and primary health care [LHW Program], Arshad Mahmood and Syeda Saman Naz
Assessment of unsafe injection practices and sexual behaviors among male injecting drug users in two urban cities of India using respondent driven sampling, Avina Sarna, Waimar Tun, Aruna Bhattacharya, Dean Lewis, Yumnam Shashikumar Singh, and Louis Apicella
Attitudes, beliefs, and practices of key opinion leaders (KOL) and providers about emergency contraception (EC) in Senegal, Babacar Mane, Saumya RamaRao, Martha Brady, Fatou Bintou Mbow, and Ababacar Thiam
Attitudes, beliefs, and practices of providers and key opinion leaders on emergency contraception in India, M.E. Khan, Deepthi S. Varma, Isha Bhatnagar, Anvita Dixit, and Martha Brady
Attitudes, croyances et pratiques des leaders d'opinion clés (loc) et des prestataires sur la contraception d'urgence (CU) au Sénégal, Babacar Mane, Saumya RamaRao, Martha Brady, Fatou Bintou Mbow, and Ababacar Thiam
Bellagio consensus: Recommendations for action to increase access to highly effective, long-acting, reversible contraception, Population Council
Benefits of using magnesium sulphate (MgSO_4) for eclampsia management and maternal mortality reduction: Lessons from Kano State in northern Nigeria, Ekechi Okereke, Babatunde A.O. Ahonsi, Jamilu Tukur, Salisu Mohammed Ishaku, and Ayodeji Oginni
Birth spacing and family planning uptake in Pakistan: Evidence from FALAH, Arshad Mahmood
Changing epidemiology of HIV in Mumbai: An application of the Asian epidemic model, Ram Manohar Mishra, Madhulika Dube, Damodar Sahu, Niranjan Saggurti, and Arvind Pandey
Community advocacy groups as a means to address the social environment of female sex workers: A case study in Andhra Pradesh, India, Swarup Punyam, Renuka Somanatha Pullikalu, Ram Manohar Mishra, Prashanth Sandri, Balakrishna Prasad Mutupuru, Suresh Babu Kokku, and Parimi Prabhakar
Community health workers for maternal and child health, Leah Jarvis and Nancy Termini LaChance
Community midwifery services in Kenya: Implementation guidelines, Kenya Ministry of Health
Community norms about youth condom use in Western Kenya: Is transition occurring?, Paula Tavrow, Eunice N. Muthengi, Albert Obbuyi, and Vidalyne Omollo
Contraceptive use dynamics in Pakistan 2008-09, Arshad Mahmood and Syeda Saman Naz
Countdown to 2015: A case study of maternal and child health service delivery challenges in five districts of Punjab, Ali M. Mir and Sadaf Gull
Country mapping: Kenya, Francis Obare, Wilson Liambila, Harriet Birungi, Eseoise Itombra, Heather Clark, and Saumya RamaRao
Country mapping: Nigeria, Salisu Mohammed Ishaku and Saumya RamaRao
Country mapping: Senegal, Babacar Mane, Nafissatou Diop, Nancy Termini LaChance, Saumya RamaRao, and Heather Clark
Critical issues for integrating SRH and HIV/AIDS services to provide dual protection against unintended pregnancy and HIV/STI acquisition, Population Council
Defining effective voucher management information systems: A blueprint for information systems to support scalable reproductive health voucher programs, based on system evaluations with programs in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, Mahad Ibrahim, Benjamin Bellows, and Jaspal S. Sandhu
Disclosure of HIV status to sex partners among HIV-infected men and women in Cape Town, South Africa, Lung Vu, Katherine Andrinopoulos, Catherine Mathews, Mickey Chopra, Carl Kendall, and Thomas P. Eisele
Effects of a novel estrogen-free, progesterone receptor modulator-contraceptive vaginal ring on inhibition of ovulation, bleeding patterns and endometrium in normal women, Vivian Brache; Régine Sitruk-Ware; A. Williams; Diana Blithe; Horacio B. Croxatto; Narender Kumar; Sushma Kumar; Yun-yen Tsong; Irving Sivin; Anita Nath; Heather Sussman; Leila Cochon; Marie-José Miranda; Veronica Reyes; Anibal Faundes; and Daniel R. Mishell, Jr.
Evaluation of an intervention to improve quality of care in family planning programme in the Philippines, Anrudh K. Jain, Saumya RamaRao, Jacqueline Kim, and Marilou P. Costello
Evaluation of the population-level impact of the maternal health voucher program in Uganda, Reproductive Health Vouchers Evaluation Team
Examining dimensions of vulnerability among children in Uganda, Sam Kalibala, Katie D. Schenk, Deborah Weiss, and Lynne Elson
Executive summary—Family planning programs for the 21st century: Rationale and design, John Bongaarts, John C. Cleland, John Townsend, Jane T. Bertrand, and Monica Das Gupta
Expanding access to comprehensive reproductive health and HIV information and services for married adolescent girls in Nyanza Province, Chi-Chi Undie, Harriet Birungi, Francis Obare, Ben Ochieng, Wilson Liambila, Erick Oweya, Ian Askew, Rob Burnet, Bridget Deacon, and Aisha Mohamed
Exploring the effectiveness of the output-based aid voucher program to increase uptake of gender-based violence recovery services in Kenya: A qualitative evaluation, Rebecca Njuki, Jerry Okal, Charlotte E. Warren, Francis Obare, Timothy Abuya, Lucy Kanya, Chi-Chi Undie, Benjamin Bellows, and Ian Askew
Factors associated with second trimester abortion in rural Maharashtra and Rajasthan, India, A.J. Francis Zavier, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, and Shveta Kalyanwala
Factors associated with unintended pregnancy, poor birth outcomes and post-partum contraceptive use among HIV-positive female adolescents in Kenya, Francis Obare, Anke van der Kwaak, and Harriet Birungi
Family Planning Programs for the 21st Century: Rationale and Design, John Bongaarts, John C. Cleland, John Townsend, Jane T. Bertrand, and Monica Das Gupta
Feasibility of expanding the medication abortion provider base in India to include ayurvedic physicians and nurses, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, Shveta Kalyanwala, Shuchita Mundle, Jaydeep Tank, A.J. Francis Zavier, Rajesh Kumar, Rajib Acharya, and Nita Jha
Fertility differences among developing countries: Are they still related to family planning program efforts and social settings?, Anrudh K. Jain and John A. Ross
Getting real with youth-friendly services in Africa: Report of a satellite session at the XIX International AIDS Conference, Population Council
Global population trends and policy options, Alex C. Ezeh, John Bongaarts, and Blessing U. Mberu
Helping rural women in Pakistan to prevent postpartum hemorrhage: A quasi experimental study, Ali M. Mir, Abdul Wajid, and Sadaf Gull
HIV-related conspiracy beliefs and its relationships with HIV testing and unprotected sex among men who have sex with men in Tshwane (Pretoria), South Africa, Waimar Tun, Scott E. Kellerman, Senkhu Maimane, Zukiswa Fipaza, Meredith Sheehy, Lung Vu, and Dawie Nel
HIV risk behaviors among female sex workers using cell phone for client solicitation in India, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Niranjan Saggurti, Shiva S. Halli, and Anrudh K. Jain
Hormonal contraception and HIV acquisition risk: Implications for individual users and public policies, Anrudh K. Jain
Hormonal contraception and the risk of HIV acquisition among women in South Africa, Charles S. Morrison, Stephanie Skoler-Karpoff, Cynthia Kwok, Pai-lien Chen, Janneke Van De Wijgert, Marlena Gehret Plagianos, Smruti Patel, Khatija Ahmed, Gita Ramjee, Barbara Friedland, and Pekka Lahteenmaki
Household survey to evaluate the Zambia-led Prevention Initiative: Baseline report, Zambia-led Prevention Initiative
How effective is community mobilisation in HIV prevention among highly diverse sex workers in urban settings? The Aastha intervention experience in Mumbai and Thane districts, India, Sanjeev Singh Gaikwad, Amrita Bhende, Gaurav Nidhi, Niranjan Saggurti, and Virupax Ranebennur
Incentivizing providers to improve maternal, newborn and child health services in Bangladesh: Pay-for-performance model refinement and advocacy (P4P MRA) final report, Md. Noorunnabi Talukder, Ubaidur Rob, Laila Rahman, A.K.M. Zafar Ullah Khan, Riad Mahmud, Azizul Alim, Ismat Ara Hena, Farhana Akter, and Anup Kumar Dey
Increased impact of a contraceptive vaginal ring with ethinyl estradiol and nestorone on C-reactive protein, Mandana Rad, Jacobus Burggraaf, Régine Sitruk-Ware, Marieke L. de Kam, Adam F. Cohen, and Cornelius Kluft
Increasing access to family planning and reproductive health services through community work: A case study of a dual cadre model in India, Jaleel Ahmad, Isha Bhatnagar, and M.E. Khan
Increasing postpartum contraception in rural India: Evaluation of a community-based behavior change communication intervention, Mary Philip Sebastian, M.E. Khan, Kaushal Kumari, and Rukma Idnani
Indicators of mobility, socio-economic vulnerabilities and HIV risk behaviours among mobile female sex workers in India, Niranjan Saggurti, Anrudh K. Jain, Mary Philip Sebastian, Rajendra Singh, Hanimi Reddy Modugu, Shiva S. Halli, and Ravi K. Verma
Injectable contraceptives: Perspectives and experiences of women and health care providers in India, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy and A.J. Francis Zavier
Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 is a regulator of blood-testis barrier function, Xiang Xiao, C. Yan Cheng, and Dolores D. Mruk
Introduction of emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) through lady health workers (LHWs) program in Pakistan: Findings of an evaluation study, Arshad Mahmood and Yasir Bin Nisar
Kadi: Saving Mothers and Babies, One Voucher at a Time, Population Council
Kadi the Film—Webisode 1: Vouchers Improve Health Facilities, Population Council
Kadi the Film—Webisode 2: Mobile Technology for Monitoring Vouchers, Population Council
Kadi the Film—Webisode 3: Vouchers in Pregnancies with Serious Complications, Population Council
Kadi the Film—Webisode 4: Getting Vouchers to Those in Need, Population Council
Kadi the Film—Webisode 5: Distributing Vouchers in Rural Uganda, Population Council
Key opinion leaders' views regarding emergency contraception in India, M.E. Khan, Isha Bhatnagar, Deepthi S. Varma, and Anvita Dixit
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of certified providers of medical abortion: Evidence from Bihar and Maharashtra, India, Rajib Acharya and Shveta Kalyanwala
La santé des adolescentes vulnérables : un investissement stratégique doublement rentable, Jennifer Catino
Le consensus de Bellagio : Recommandations pour améliorer l'accès aux méthodes de contraception efficaces, réversibles à longue durée d'action, Population Council
Levels and correlates of internalized homophobia among men who have sex with men in Pretoria, South Africa, Lung Vu, Waimar Tun, Meredith Sheehy, and Dawie Nel
Male migration/mobility and HIV among married couples: Cross-sectional analysis of nationally representative data from India, Niranjan Saggurti, Saritha Nair, Alankar Malviya, Michele R. Decker, Jay G. Silverman, and Anita Raj
Male out-migration: A factor for the spread of HIV infection among married men and women in rural India, Niranjan Saggurti, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Shrutika Sabarwal, Subash Ghosh, and Aradhana Johri
MARPs sensitization: A diversity training guide for health care providers in Nigeria, Enhancing Nigeria's HIV/AIDS Response (ENR) Programme
Maternal and fetal outcomes after introduction of magnesium sulphate for treatment of preeclampsia and eclampsia in selected secondary facilities: A low-cost intervention, Jamilu Tukur, Babatunde A.O. Ahonsi, Salisu Mohammed Ishaku, Idowu Araoyinbo, Ekechi Okereke, and Ayodeji Oginni
Maternal morbidity: Neglected dimension of safe motherhood in the developing world, Karen Hardee, Jill Gay, and Ann K. Blanc
Meaningful involvement of people living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda through linkages between network groups and health facilities: An evaluation study, Young-Mi Kim, Sam Kalibala, Stella Neema, John Lukwago, and Deborah Weiss
Mobilising community collectivisation among female sex workers to promote STI service utilisation from the government healthcare system in Andhra Pradesh, India, Parimi Prabhakar, Ram Manohar Mishra, Saroj Tucker, and Niranjan Saggurti
Navigating the swampy lowland: A framework for evaluating the effect of community mobilisation in female sex workers in Avahan, the India AIDS Initiative, Christine Galavotti, Tisha Wheeler, Anne Sebert Kuhlmann, Niranjan Saggurti, Pradeep Narayanan, Usha Kiran, and Gina Dallabetta
Nonclinical development needs and regulatory requirements for multipurpose prevention technologies: A primer, Joseph W. Romano, Martha Brady, and Judy Manning
On the cutting edge: Improving the informed consent process for adolescents in Zambia undergoing male circumcision for HIV prevention, Katie D. Schenk, Barbara Friedland, Louis Apicella, Meredith Sheehy, Kelvin Munjile, and Paul C. Hewett
Optimising the cost and delivery of HIV counselling and testing services in Kenya and Swaziland, Carol Dayo Obure, Anna Vassall, Christine Michaels-Igbokwe, Fern Terris-Prestholt, Susannah H. Mayhew, Lucy Stackpool-Moore, Charlotte E. Warren, The Integra Research Team, and Charlotte Watts
Patent: Methods and compositions for emergency contraception using endothelin receptor antagonists, Indrani C. Bagchi and Régine Sitruk-Ware
Policy brief: Designing and implementing high-quality voluntary family planning programs, Population Council
Policy brief: Designing and implementing high-quality voluntary family planning programs [Arabic], Population Council
Population level impact of vouchers on access in Uganda, Benjamin Bellows, Francis Obare, and Reproductive Health Vouchers Evaluation Team
Positive action for HIV in schools in Kenya, Francis Obare, Harriet Birungi, Monica Wanjiru, Sheila Bayley, John Kiunjuri, Mary Omondi, Rob Burnet, and Bridget Deacon
Postabortion contraceptive use and method continuation in India, A.J. Francis Zavier and Sabu S. Padmadas
Postpartum unintended pregnancy and contraception practice among rural-to-urban migrant women in Shanghai, Yong-mei Huang, Ruth Merkatz, Jian-Zhong Kang, Kevin Roberts, Xiao-Yu Hu, Francis Di Donato, Régine Sitruk-Ware, and Li-nan Cheng
Prevalence and correlates of HIV infection in a cohort of male injection drug users in Delhi, Waimar Tun, Vartika Sharma, Mary Philip Sebastian, Ira Madan, Amita Yadav, Meredith Sheehy, Dean Lewis, Ibou Thior, and Avina Sarna
Prevalence of internalized homophobia and HIV associated risks among men who have sex with men in Nigeria, Sylvia Adebajo, George I. Eluwa, Dan Allman, Ted Myers, and Babatunde A.O. Ahonsi
Progesterone receptors: A key for neuroprotection in experimental stroke, Ailing Liu, Isabelle Margaill, Shaodong Zhang, Florencia Labombarda, Berard Coqueran, Brigitte Delespierre, Philippe Liere, Catherine Marchand-Leroux, Bert W. O'Malley, John P. Lydon, Alejandro De Nicola, Régine Sitruk-Ware, Claudia Mattern, Michel Plotkine, Michael Schumacher, and Rachida Guennoun
Providers' and key opinion leaders' attitudes and practices regarding emergency contraception in Senegal: Key findings, Babacar Mane, Martha Brady, Saumya RamaRao, and Fatou Bintou Mbow
Providers' and key opinion leaders' attitudes, beliefs, and practices concerning emergency contraception: A multicountry study in India, Nigeria, and Senegal, Martha Brady, M.E. Khan, Babatunde A.O. Ahonsi, Babacar Mane, Ian Askew, and Saumya RamaRao
Providers' and key opinion leaders' attitudes, beliefs, and practices regarding emergency contraception in India: Final survey report, M.E. Khan, Deepthi S. Varma, Isha Bhatnagar, Anvita Dixit, and Martha Brady
Providers' and key opinion leaders' attitudes, beliefs, and practices regarding emergency contraception in Nigeria, Babatunde A.O. Ahonsi, Salisu Mohammed Ishaku, Araoyinbo Idowu, and Ayodeji Oginni
Providers' and key opinion leaders' attitudes, beliefs, and practices regarding emergency contraception in Nigeria: Key findings, Babatunde A.O. Ahonsi, Salisu Mohammed Ishaku, Araoyinbo Idowu, and Ayodeji Oginni
Providers' attitudes and practices regarding emergency contraception in India: Key findings, M.E. Khan, Isha Bhatnagar, Deepthi S. Varma, and Anvita Dixit
Rape sentencing study: A review of statutory sentencing provisions for rape, defilement, and sexual assault in East, Central, and Southern Africa, Jill Thompson and Felly Nkweto Simmonds
Receiving voluntary family planning services has no relationship with the paradoxical situation of high use of contraceptives and abortion in Vietnam: A cross sectional study, Nguyen Hong Phuong and Meiwita P. Budiharsana
Recours aux données pour révéler et sélectionner les adolescentes les plus vulnérables, Sarah Engebretsen
Relationship between mobility, violence and HIV/STI among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India, Sowmya Ramesh, Deepika Ganju, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Ram Manohar Mishra, and Niranjan Saggurti
Replication of the Community Mobilization for Postabortion Care (COMMPAC) model in Naivasha District, Rift Valley Province, Kenya: An evaluation report, Chi-Chi Undie, Francis Obare, and Saumya RamaRao
Report of the Voucher and Accreditation Evaluation Project Meeting, Reproductive Health Vouchers Evaluation Team and Population Council
Repositioning community-based family planning in Ghana: A case study of Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS), Stephen Ntsua, Placide Tapsoba, Gloria Quansah Asare, and Frank K. Nyonator
Résumé Exécutif—Les programmes de planification familiale du XXIe siècle: fondement et conception, John Bongaarts, John C. Cleland, John Townsend, Jane T. Bertrand, and Monica Das Gupta