The Population Council tackles intersecting inequalities that undermine rights and access to contraception, HIV and STI prevention, maternal and newborn health, safe abortion, prevention and treatment of infertility, and sexuality education, among other sexual and reproductive health needs. Our research and partnerships ensure high quality, evidence-based, voluntary, and rights-based comprehensive care for sexual and reproductive health.
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Submissions from 2010
Increasing the practice of thermal care to prevent newborn hypothermia: Implications for behavior change communication in rural Uttar Pradesh, Population Council
Initial assessment of community midwives in rural Pakistan, Abdul Wajid, Zubaida Rashid, and Ali M. Mir
Intégration des Services au Sénégal, Population Council
Integration of services in Senegal, Population Council
Intrauterine administration of CDB-2914 (Ulipristal) suppresses the endometrium of rhesus macaques, Robert M. Brenner, Ov D. Slayden, Anita Nath, Yun-yen Tsong, and Régine Sitruk-Ware
Introducing and pilot-testing the national guidelines on integrating the management of STIs/RTIs into reproductive health settings in Kenya, Wilson Liambila, Saiqa Mullick, Ian Askew, Nathalie Broutet, Bartilol Kigen, Cosmas Mutunga, Daniel Sande, Nimrod Garama, Benjamin Tsofa, Christine Awuor, and Ibrahim Mohammed
Inverse probability weighting in STI/HIV prevention research: Methods for evaluating social and community interventions, Sheri A. Lippman, Starley B. Shade, and Alan E. Hubbard
Life-skills education leads to improved effect on adolescents' sexual behavior, Population Council
Looking back, moving forward: Access to antiretroviral therapy for HIV infected adults and children in developing countries: Horizons Studies, 2002 to 2008, Avina Sarna and Scott E. Kellerman
Looking back, moving forward: Implementing PMTCT programs in resource-constrained settings, Horizons studies 1999 to 2007, Carolyn Baek and Naomi Rutenberg
Looking back, moving forward: Improving the lives of orphans and other children affected by AIDS, Horizons studies 1998 to 2007, Katie D. Schenk, Annie P. Michaelis, Tobey C. Nelson, Lisanne Brown, and Ellen Weiss
Looking back, moving forward: Promoting gender equity to fight HIV, Horizons studies 1999 to 2007, Julie Pulerwitz, Annie P. Michaelis, and Ellen Weiss
Looking back, moving forward: Reducing HIV-related stigma, Horizons studies 2000 to 2007, Julie Pulerwitz, Annie P. Michaelis, Ellen Weiss, Lisanne Brown, and Vaishali Sharma Mahendra
Looking back, moving forward: Understanding the HIV risk and sexual health needs of men who have sex with men, Horizons studies 2001 to 2008, Scott Geibel, Waimar Tun, Placide Tapsoba, and Scott E. Kellerman
Mainstreaming emergency contraception pills in Kenya, Jill Keesbury, Monica Wanjiru, and Katherine Maina
Manual on financial mechanism for the health facilities: Introducing pay-for-performance approach to increase utilization of maternal, newborn, and child health services in Bangladesh, Laila Rahman, Dipak Kumar Shil, Md. Mamun-or Rashid, Ismat Ara Hena, Md. Noorunnabi Talukder, Farhana Akter, Anup Kumar Dey, Ripa Ali, Joynal Abedin, Mursheda Rahman, Md. Ataur Rahman, Md. Julkarnayeen, Arifur Rahman, and Md. Abdur Rab Sardar
Maternal and neonatal health services in Sudan: Results of a situation analysis, Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab and Maha El-Rabbat
Media perspectives on partnerships to address family health in northern India: Implications for behavior change communication, Population Council
Monitoring and Evaluation of the Emergency Plan Progress (MEEPP): End-of-project evaluation, Sam Kalibala
New frontiers in nonhormonal male contraception, C. Yan Cheng and Dolores D. Mruk
New frontiers in nonhormonal male contraception, C. Yan Cheng and Dolores D. Mruk
Nonresponse in repeat population-based voluntary counseling and testing for HIV in rural Malawi, Francis Obare Onyango
PEPFAR special initiative on sexual and gender-based violence: Baseline report, Lynne Elson and Jill Keesbury
Perceived stigma among patients receiving antiretroviral treatment: A prospective randomised trial comparing an m-DOT strategy with standard-of-care in Kenya, Susan Kaai, Sandra Bullock, Avina Sarna, Scott Geibel, Naomi Rutenberg, Matthew F. Chersich, Stanley Luchters, Paul Munyao, Kishorchandra Mandaliya, and Marleen Temmerman
Planning and implementing an essential package of sexual and reproductive health services: Guidance for integrating family planning and STI/RTI with other reproductive health and primary health services, Katherine Williams, Charlotte E. Warren, and Ian Askew
Prevention with positives: How do we reach them in the community?, Avina Sarna, Jerry Okal, Stanley Luchters, Nzioki King'ola, and Scott Geibel
Private sector's role in health service provision in Senegal, Population Council
Proceedings and presentations from the Free State Child Abuse Indaba, Population Council
Process evaluation of community mobilization activities, Zakir Hussain Shah
Progesterone vaginal ring for contraceptive use during lactation, Anita Nath and Régine Sitruk-Ware
Program strategies for reducing inequities in reproductive health services, John Townsend
Promoting healthy spacing between pregnancies in India: Need for differential education campaigns, Mary Philip Sebastian, M.E. Khan, and Sohini Roychowdhury
Protecting hope: Situation analysis of vulnerable children in Uganda 2009, Sam Kalibala and Lynne Elson
Public expenditure on health care in Orissa: Focus on reproductive and child health services, Sarit Kumar Rout
RAPIDS evaluation final report 2005-2009 key findings, Louis Apicella, Katie D. Schenk, and Hena Khan
Reach of media and interpersonal communication in rural Uttar Pradesh: Implications for behavior change communication, Population Council
Real men do. . . real men don't: Young Latino and African American men's discourses regarding sexual health care utilization, Debra Kalmuss and Karen Austrian
Reducing HIV-related stigma: Lessons learned from Horizons research and programs, Julie Pulerwitz, Annie P. Michaelis, Ellen Weiss, Lisanne Brown, and Vaishali Sharma Mahendra
Referral mechanism improves uptake of ART services for HIV+ FP clients, Population Council
Rôle du secteur privé dans l'offre de services de santé au Sénégal, Population Council
Role of advertising agencies in behavior change communication, Population Council
Role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in behavior change communication in northern India, Population Council
Role of the corporate sector in promoting family health in Uttar Pradesh: Implications for behavior change communication, Population Council
Safeguarding maternal and newborn health: Improving the quality of postnatal care in Kenya, Charlotte E. Warren, Annie Mwangi, Erick Oweya, Rosemary Kamunya, and Nancy Koskei
Sexual health, marital sex, and sexual risk in urban poor communities in India, Martha J. Bojko, Stephen L. Schensul, Rajendra Singh, Joseph A. Burleson, Lwendo S. Moonzwe, and Niranjan Saggurti
"She's a professional like anyone else": Social identity among Brazilian sex workers, Laura R. Murray, Sheri A. Lippman, Angela Donini, and Deanna Kerrigan
Single-dose Pharmacokinetics of Nestorone®, a potential female-contraceptive, Pramod Vishwanath Prasad, Mohammad Bashir, Régine Sitruk-Ware, and Narender Kumar
Social-environmental factors and protective sexual behavior among sex workers: The Encontros intervention in Brazil, Sheri A. Lippman, Angela Donini, Juan Diaz, Magda Chinaglia, Arthur Reingold, and Deanna Kerrigan
State-of-the-art of non-hormonal methods of contraception: III. Intrauterine devices, Irving Sivin and I. Batar
State-of-the-art of non-hormonal methods of contraception: III. Intrauterine devices, Irving Sivin and I. Batar
State-of-the-art of non-hormonal methods of contraception: I. Mechanical barrier contraception, I. Batar and Irving Sivin
State-of-the-art of non-hormonal methods of contraception: I. Mechanical barrier contraception, I. Batar and Irving Sivin
State-of-the-art of non-hormonal methods of contraception: IV. Natural family planning, G. Freundl, Irving Sivin, and I. Batar
State-of-the-art of non-hormonal methods of contraception: IV. Natural family planning, G. Freundl, Irving Sivin, and I. Batar
The annulus of the mouse sperm tail is required to establish a membrane diffusion barrier that is engaged during the late steps of spermiogenesis, Susanna Kwitny, Angela V. Klaus, and Gary R. Hunnicutt
The causes of educational differences in fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa, John Bongaarts
The changing face of U.S. funding for HIV programs in resource-limited settings, Scott E. Kellerman
The effect of maternal child marriage on morbidity and mortality of children under 5 in India: Cross sectional study of a nationally representative sample, Anita Raj, Niranjan Saggurti, Michael Winter, Alan Labonte, Michele R. Decker, Donta Balaiah, and Jay G. Silverman
The limited effect of knowing they are HIV-positive on the sexual and reproductive experiences and intentions of infected adolescents in Uganda, Francis Obare Onyango and Harriet Birungi
The pregnancy cycle approach to safe motherhood, Saumya RamaRao and Sarah Raifman
The provision of emergency contraceptives in private sector pharmacies in urban Kenya: Experiences of mystery clients, Francis Obare Onyango, Jill Keesbury, and Wilson Liambila
The role of abortion in the last stage of fertility decline in Vietnam, Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan and Sajeda Amin
The role of traditional leaders in preventing and addressing sexual and gender-based violence: Findings from KwaZulu-Natal, Northwest and Limpopo provinces in South Africa, Mantshi Teffo-Menziwa, Saiqa Mullick, and Prince Cedza Dlamini
The use of newer progestins for contraception, Régine Sitruk-Ware and Anita Nath
The use of newer progestins for contraception, Régine Sitruk-Ware and Anita Nath
Training institutions for community midwives in Pakistan: An initial assessment, Zakir Hussain Shah, Momina Salim, and Mumraiz Khan
Training service providers increases TB screening in postnatal care, Population Council
Transition into first sex among adolescents in slum and non-slum communities in Nairobi, Kenya, Caroline W. Kabiru, Donatien Beguy, Chi-Chi Undie, Eliya Msiyaphazi Zulu, and Alex C. Ezeh
Treatment seeking, vaginal discharge and psychosocial distress among women in urban Mumbai, Kristin M. Kostick, Stephen L. Schensul, Kalpita Jadhav, Rajendra Singh, Amruta Bavadekar, and Niranjan Saggurti
Une bonne surveillance de la grossesse pour préparer l'accouchement, Population Council
Une stratégie pour la réduction de la mortalité maternelle et néonatale, Population Council
Urban family planning program of Bangladesh: Issues and challenges, Ubaidur Rob, Md. Noorunnabi Talukder, and A.K.M. Zafar Ullah Khan
Using vouchers to increase access to maternal healthcare in Bangladesh, Ubaidur Rob, Md. Moshiur Rahman, and Benjamin Bellows
Workshop report: Introducing pay-for-performance (P4P) approach and increase utilization of maternal, newborn, and child health services in Bangladesh, Md. Noorunnabi Talukder, Ubaidur Rob, Ismat Ara Hena, Farhana Akter, Mohammad Ataur Rahman, and Md. Julkarnayeen
Submissions from 2009
14-3-3 and its binding partners are regulators of protein-protein interactions during spermatogenesis, Shengyi Sun, Elissa W.P. Wong, Michelle W.M. Li, Will M. Lee, and C. Yan Cheng
14-3-3 protein regulates cell adhesion in the seminiferous epithelium of rat testes, Elissa W.P. Wong, Shengyi Sun, Michelle W.M. Li, Will M. Lee, and C. Yan Cheng
Acceptability and promotion strategies for LNG-IUS in Ghana: A public health assessment, Philomena Nyarko, Cletus Adohinzin, Placide Tapsoba, Selina F. Esantsi, John Townsend, Nicholas Kanlisi, Ekua Ed-Nighpense, and Gloria Quansah Asare
Acceptability and use of the female condom and diaphragm among sex workers in Dominican Republic: Results from a prospective study, Diana K. Lara, Daniel Grossman, Jhoanne Muñoz, Santo Rosario, Bayardo Gómez, and Sandra G. García
Acceptability of a Carrageenan-based candidate vaginal microbicide and matching placebo: Findings from a Phase II safety trial among women in Chiang Rai, Thailand, Heidi E. Jones, Supaporn Chaikummao, Janneke van de Wijgert, Barbara Friedland, Chomnad Manopaiboon, Paisit Witwatwongwana, Mayuree Wankrairot, Nartlada Chantharojwong, and Peter H. Kilmarx
Acceptance of repeat population-based voluntary counselling and testing for HIV in rural Malawi, Francis Obare Onyango, P. Fleming, P. Anglewicz, R. Thomton, F. Martinson, A. Kapatuka, M. Poulin, Susan Watkins, and Hans Peter Kohler
Activins regulate 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type I transcription in murine gonadotrope cells, Beata Bak, Laura Carpio, Jinjing L. Kipp, Pankaj Lamba, Ying Wang, Renshan Ge, Matthew P. Hardy, Kelly E. Mayo, and Daniel J. Bernard
A decision analysis of treatments for nonobstructive azoospermia associated with varicocele, Richard Lee, Philip S. Li, Marc Goldstein, Glenn Schattman, and Peter N. Schlegel
Adjudin targeting rabbit germ cell adhesion as a male contraceptive: A pharmacokinetics study, Guo-Xin Hu, Lu-Feng Hu, Dai-Zheng Yang, Jun-Wei Li, Guo-Rong Chen, Bing-Bing Chen, Dolores D. Mruk, Michele Bonanomi, Bruno Silvestrini, C. Yan Cheng, and Renshan Ge
A longitudinal quality-of-life study of HIV-infected persons in South India: The case for comprehensive clinical care and support services, Suniti Solomon, Ashita Batavia, Kartik K. Venkatesh, Lisanne Brown, Praneeta Verma, Anitha J. Cecelia, Celine Daly, Vaishali Sharma Mahendra, N. Kumarasamy, and Kenneth H. Mayer
A macaque model to study vaginal HSV-2/immunodeficiency virus co-infection and the impact of HSV-2 on microbicide efficacy, Federica Crostarosa, Meropi Aravantinou, Onome J. Akpogheneta, Edith Jasny, Andrew Shaw, Jessica Kenney, Michael Piatak Jr., Jeffrey D. Lifson, Aaron Teitelbaum, Lieyu Hu, Anne Chudolij, Thomas M. Zydowsky, James Blanchard, Agegnehu Gettie, and Melissa Robbiani
Anal use of the female condom: Does uncertainty justify provider inaction?, Joanne E. Mantell, Elizabeth A. Kelvin, Theresa M. Exner, Susie Hoffman, Zena A. Stein, and Sarah L. Needham Engebretsen
Analyse secondaire des données de l'analyse situationnelle des services de santé de la reproduction, Gisele Kaboré and Idrissa Kabore
An assessment of sexual and gender based violence in Wajir district, North Eastern Kenya, Gladys K. Mwangi and Jaldesa Guyo
An intracellular trafficking pathway in the seminiferous epithelium regulating spermatogenesis: A biochemical and molecular perspective, C. Yan Cheng and Dolores D. Mruk
An in vivo study on adjudin and blood-testis barrier dynamics, Ilona A. Kopera, Linlin Su, Barbara Bilínska, C. Yan Cheng, and Dolores D. Mruk
An occludin-focal adhesion kinase protein complex at the blood-testis barrier: A study using the cadmium model, Erica R. Siu, Elissa W.P. Wong, Dolores D. Mruk, K.L. Sze, Catarina S. Porto, and C. Yan Cheng
A religious oriented approach to addressing female genital mutilation/cutting among the Somali community of Wajir, Kenya, Maryam Sheikh Abdi and Ian Askew
A response to critics of family planning programs, John Bongaarts and Steven W. Sinding
BEING (Becoming Empowered in Nursing Growth): Training guide for nursing students on sexuality and gender, Maryann Washington
Cadmium-induced testicular injury, Erica R. Siu, Dolores D. Mruk, Catarina S. Porto, and C. Yan Cheng
Capacity building: Creating a culture of evidence-based decisionmaking, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Central modifications of allopregnanolone and β-endorphin following subcutaneous administration of Nestorone, E. Lenzi, N. Pluchino, S. Begliuomini, E. Casarosa, S. Merlini, A. Giannini, M. Luisi, Narender Kumar, Régine Sitruk-Ware, and A.R. Genazzani
Changes in sexual risk taking with antiretroviral treatment: Influence of context and gender norms in Mombasa, Kenya, Avina Sarna, Matthew F. Chersich, Jerry Okoth Okal, Stanley Luchters, Kishorchandra N. Mandaliya, Naomi Rutenberg, and Marleen Temmerman
Characterization of a novel gain of function glucocorticoid receptor knock-in mouse, Junhui Zhang, Renshan Ge, Catherine Matte-Martone, Julie Goodwin, Warren D. Shlomchik, Mark J. Mamula, Ali Kooshkabadi, Matthew P. Hardy, and David Geller
Combined transdermal testosterone gel and the progestin Nestorone suppresses serum gonadotropins in men, Vahid Mahabadi, John K. Amory, Ronald S. Swerdloff, William J. Bremner, Stephanie T. Page, Régine Sitruk-Ware, Peter D. Christensen, Narender Kumar, Yun-yen Tsong, Diana Blithe, and Christina Wang