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Submissions from 2010
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
Commercial sex workers in five Ethiopian cities: A baseline survey for USAID Targeted HIV Prevention Program for most-at-risk populations, Woldemariam Girma and Annabel Erulkar
Community interventions providing care and support to orphans and vulnerable children: A review of evaluation evidence, Katie D. Schenk
Comprehensive care and HIV prophylaxis after sexual assault in rural South Africa: The Refentse intervention study, Julia C. Kim, Ian Askew, Lufuno Muvhango, Ntabozuko Dwane, Tanya Abramsky, Stephen Jan, Ennica Ntlemo, Jane Chege, and Charlotte Watts
Connexin 43 and plakophilin-2 as a protein complex that regulates blood-testis barrier dynamics, Michelle W.M. Li, Dolores D. Mruk, Will M. Lee, and C. Yan Cheng
Coordinating cellular events during spermatogenesis: A biochemical model, Pearl P.Y. Lie, C. Yan Cheng, and Dolores D. Mruk
Cytokines and junction restructuring events during spermatogenesis in the testis: An emerging concept of regulation, Michelle W.M. Li, Dolores D. Mruk, Will M. Lee, and C. Yan Cheng
Day of Dialogue: Sharing insights and evidence on the female condom in Ghana, Population Council
Deprival of testicular innervation induces apoptosis of Leydig cells via caspase-8-dependent signaling: A novel survival pathway revealed, Yong-Guang Gong, Yi-Qiu Wang, Min Gu, Ming-Ming Feng, Wei Zhang, and Renshan Ge
Different cardiovascular effects of progestins according to structure and activity, Anita Nath and Régine Sitruk-Ware
Disruption of the blood-testis barrier integrity by bisphenol A in vitro: Is this a suitable model for studying blood-testis barrier dynamics?, Michelle W.M. Li, Dolores D. Mruk, Will M. Lee, and C. Yan Cheng
Distribution, metabolism and excretion of a synthetic androgen 7α-methyl-19-nortestosterone, a potential male-contraceptive, Pramod Vishwanath Prasad, Ramamani Arumugam, Mark Willman, Renshan Ge, Régine Sitruk-Ware, and Narender Kumar
Double-stranded RNA analog poly(I:C) inhibits human immunodeficiency virus amplification in dendritic cells via type I interferon-mediated activation of APOBEC3G, Susanna Trapp, Nina Derby, Rachel Singer, Andrew Shaw, Vennansha G. Williams, Stuart G. Turville, Julian W. Bess Jr., Jeffrey D. Lifson, and Melissa Robbiani
Drug transporter, P-glycoprotein (MDR1), is an integrated component of the mammalian blood-testis barrier, Linlin Su, C. Yan Cheng, and Dolores D. Mruk
ECP Handbook: Introducing and Mainstreaming the Provision of Emergency Contraceptive Pills in Developing Countries, Sharif M.I. Hossain, M.E. Khan, Ricardo Vernon, Jill Keesbury, Ian Askew, John Townsend, and Victoria Rumbold
Effectiveness of medical abortion with mifepristone and buccal misoprostol through 59 gestational days, Mary Fjerstad, Irving Sivin, E. Steve Lichtenberg, James Trussell, Kelly Cleland, and Vanessa Cullins
Effect of sexual intercourse on the absorption of levonorgestrel after vaginal administration of 0.75 mg in Carraguard® gel: A randomized, cross-over, pharmacokinetic study, Vivian Brache, Horacio B. Croxatto, Narender Kumar, Régine Sitruk-Ware, Leila Cochón, Veronica Schiappacasse, Irving Sivin, Carla Muñoz, Robin A. Maguire, and Anibal Faundes
Engaging men who have sex with men in operations research in Kenya, Washington Onyango-Ouma, Harriet Birungi, and Scott Geibel
Enquête sur la contraception d'urgence (CU) au niveau des pharmacies, Nafissatou J. Diop, Babacar Mane, Ousseynou Faye, Cheikh Ibrahima Niang, Thiaba Thiaw, Aissatou Sano Coly, Fatou Mbow, and Youmane Niang Faye
Epidermal growth factor receptor pathway substrate 8 (Eps8) is a novel regulator of cell adhesion and the blood-testis barrier integrity in the seminiferous epithelium, Pearl P.Y. Lie, Dolores D. Mruk, Will M. Lee, and C. Yan Cheng
Evaluation of Berhane Hewan: A program to delay child marriage in rural Ethiopia, Annabel Erulkar and Eunice N. Muthengi
Evaluation of HIV counseling and testing in ANC settings and adherence to short course antiretroviral prophylaxis for PMTCT in Francistown, Botswana, Carolyn Baek, Tracy Creek, Lee Ann Jones, Louis Apicella, Jennifer Redner, and Naomi Rutenberg
Exploring the lives of youth in the BPO sector: Findings from a study in Gurgaon, Monisha Vaid
Extracellular matrix and its role in spermatogenesis, Michelle K.Y. Siu and C. Yan Cheng
Family centred approach for HIV services: Pilot study in South Africa, Meredith Sheehy, Nomtandazo Patricia Mini, Tonicah Maphanga, and Scott E. Kellerman
Feasibility and effectiveness of integrating provider-initiated testing and counselling within family planning services in Kenya, Wilson Liambila, Ian Askew, Juma Mwangi, Robert Ayisi, Josephine Kibaru, and Saiqa Mullick
Female genital mutilation/cutting: Change is possible, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Female-initiated prevention: Integrating female condoms into HIV risk-reduction activities in Kenya, Population Council and Liverpool VCT Care & Treatment
Final evaluation of the project for expanding the role of networks of people living with HIV/AIDS, Young-Mi Kim, John Lukwago, and Stella Neema
Financial sustainability of reproductive health services—Understanding costs: An essential skill in reproductive health programs, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Focal adhesion kinase is a blood-testis barrier regulator, Erica R. Siu, Elissa W.P. Wong, Dolores D. Mruk, Catarina S. Porto, and C. Yan Cheng
Formative evaluation: Presidential Initiative on AIDS Strategy for Communication to Youth, Netsayi N. Mudege and Chi-Chi Undie
Gender and reproductive health services: Putting gender perspective into practice, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Gender norms in South Africa: Implications for HIV and pregnancy prevention among African and Indian women students at a South African tertiary institution, Joanne E. Mantell, Sarah L. Needham Engebretsen, Jennifer Ann Smit, Susie Hoffman, Queen Cebekhulu, Jessica Adams-Skinner, Theresa M. Exner, Zonke Mabude, Mags Beksinska, Zena A. Stein, and Cecilia Milford
Guide pour les pilules de contraception d'urgence : Introduire et développer l'offre des pilules de contraception d'urgence dans les pays en voie de développement, Sharif M.I. Hossain, M.E. Khan, Ricardo Vernon, Jill Keesbury, Ian Askew, John Townsend, and Victoria Rumbold
HIV testing, treatment and prevention: Generic tools for operational research, Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer, Sarah Bott, Patrizia Carrieri, Michelle Parsons, Julie Pulerwitz, Naomi Rutenberg, and Avina Sarna
Hospice Africa Uganda: End-of-project evaluation of palliative care services, Annette Bongiovanni and Mary Alexis Greenan
"If you start thinking positively, you won't miss sex": Narratives of sexual (in)activity among people living with HIV in Nairobi's informal settlements, Chi-Chi Undie, Abdhalah Kasiira Ziraba, Nyovani Janet Madise, John Kebaso, and Elizabeth Kimani-Murage
Implementation of maternal health financial scheme in rural Bangladesh, Md. Moshiur Rahman, Ubaidur Rob, and Tasnima Kibria
Improving the health care response to gender-based violence: Phase II, Meiwita P. Budiharsana and Mai Quoc Tung
Improving the quality of family planning and reproductive tract infection services for urban slum populations: Demand-based reproductive health commodity project, Md. Noorunnabi Talukder, Ubaidur Rob, and Md. Mafizur Rahman
Increased proliferation but decreased steroidogenic capacity in Leydig cells from mice lacking cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1B, Han Lin, Guo-Xin Hu, Lei Dong, Qiang Dong, Motoko Mukai, Bing-Bing Chen, Denise R. Holsberger, Chantal M. Sottas, Paul S. Cooke, Qing-Quan Lian, Xiao-Kun Li, and Renshan Ge
Integrating quality postnatal care into PMTCT in Swaziland, Goldy Mazia, I. Narayanan, Charlotte E. Warren, Mohammed Mahdi, P. Chibuye, A. Walligo, P. Mabuza, Rachel Shongwe, and M. Hainsworth
Integration of services: Making integrated services a reality, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Intimate partner violence functions as both a risk marker and risk factor for women's HIV infection: Findings from Indian husband-wife dyads, Michele R. Decker, George R. Seage, David Hemenway, Anita Raj, Niranjan Saggurti, Balaiah Donta, and Jay G. Silverman
Introduction and scaling-up of emergency contraception: Lessons learned from three regions, Araceli Fernández-Cerden, Ricardo Vernon, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Jill Keesbury, and M.E. Khan
In utero and lactational exposures to diethylhexyl-phthalate affect two populations of Leydig cells in male Long-Evans rats, Han Lin, Qing-Quan Lian, Guo-Xin Hu, Yuan Jin, Yunhui Zhang, Dianne O. Hardy, Guo-Rong Chen, Zhong-Qiu Lu, Chantal M. Sottas, Matthew P. Hardy, and Renshan Ge
Kenyan in-school youths' level of understanding of abstinence, being faithful, and consistent condom use terms: Implications for HIV-prevention programs, Tiffany Lillie, Julie Pulerwitz, and Barbara Curbow
Kenya's fertility transition: Trends, determinants and implications for policy and programmes, Ian Askew, Alex C. Ezeh, John Bongaarts, and John Townsend
KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health policy and guidelines for integrated ante and postnatal care at district hospital community health centre and clinic level, Population Council
Leydig cells: From stem cells to aging, Haolin Chen, Renshan Ge, and Barry R. Zirkin
Mainstreaming EC in Africa: The EC facilitative re-granting program—Final narrative report, Jill Keesbury, Wilson Liambila, Youmane Niang Faye, and Victoria Rumbold
Mainstreaming emergency contraception in Kenya: Final project report, Jill Keesbury, Wilson Liambila, Francis Obare, and Paul Kuria
Manual for designing community based interventions for preventing postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) using misoprostol: Standardized pilot-test training manual, Saumya RamaRao, Tekle-Ab Mekbib, and Sarah Raifman
Many vaginal microbicide trial participants acknowledged they had misreported sensitive sexual behavior in face-to-face interviews, Abigail Norris Turner, Alana de Kock, Amy Meehan-Ritter, Kelly Blanchard, Mohlatlego H. Sebola, Anwar Hoosen, Nicol Coetzee, and Charlotte Ellertson
Maximizing utilization of research, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Medical response to male same-sex sexuality in western India: An exploration of 'conversion treatments' for homosexuality, Ketki Ranade
Men who have sex with men and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, Adrian D. Smith, Placide Tapsoba, Norbert Peshu, Eduard J. Sanders, and Harold W. Jaffe
Meta-analysis of 200 or 600 mg mifepristone in association with two prostaglandins for termination of early pregnancy, Michel Lièvre and Régine Sitruk-Ware
Methods for female contraception: A model for innovation in drug delivery systems, Ruth Merkatz, Barbara A. Tokay, and Régine Sitruk-Ware
Migration, mobility and sexual risk behavior in Mumbai, India: Mobile men with non-residential wife show increased risk, Niranjan Saggurti, Stephen L. Schensul, and Ravi K. Verma
Mitogen-activated protein kinases in male reproductive function, Michelle W.M. Li, Dolores D. Mruk, and C. Yan Cheng
Mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP) regulates glucocorticoid metabolism through 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 2 in murine gonadotrope cells, Dun Hong, Xing-Wang Li, Qing-Quan Lian, Pankaj Lamba, Daniel J. Bernard, Dianne O. Hardy, Hai-Xiao Chen, and Renshan Ge