The Population Council’s Robert H. Ebert Program on Critical Issues in Reproductive Health conducted research, provided technical assistance, and published reports and papers on sexual and reproductive health and rights. The program responded to an awareness that many important reproductive health problems—and the ways women experience them—had been neglected by policymakers, program planners, and practitioners. Reflecting a strong commitment to women’s rights and autonomy, and with an overarching focus on improving the quality of services in reproductive health programs, the Ebert Program focused on several areas that merited special attention: unwanted pregnancy, consequences of unsafe abortion, safe motherhood, postpartum care to meet the health needs of the mother and child, and programs to address sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS, within the larger context of women’s reproductive health. This series was published by the Population Council from 1989 through 2003.
Submissions from 2003
Cultural norms and behavior regarding vaginal lubrication during sex: Implications for the acceptability of vaginal microbicides for the prevention of HIV/STIs, Sarah Braunstein and Janneke van de Wijgert
Submissions from 2002
Informed consent: From good intentions to sound practices—A report of a seminar, Susan Y. Wood, Barbara Friedland, and C. Elizabeth McGrory
Submissions from 2000
Integrating men into the reproductive health equation: Acceptability and feasibility in Kenya, Esther G. Muia, Violet Kimani, and Ann Leonard
Rights, technology, and services in reproductive health: A report from a meeting, Marion Carter and C. Elizabeth McGrory
Submissions from 1999
Case finding and case management of chlamydia and gonorrhea infections among women: What we do and do not know, Nicole Haberland, Beverly Winikoff, Nancy L. Sloan, Christiana Coggins, and Christopher J. Elias
Reproductive health indicators: Moving forward, Kelly Blanchard, Batya Elul, and Saumya RamaRao
Submissions from 1998
A study of women's preferences regarding the formulation of over-the-counter vaginal spermicides, Christiana Coggins, Christopher J. Elias, Ronachai Atisook, Mary T. Bassett, Virginie Ettiegne-Traore, Peter D. Ghys, Laura Jenkins-Woelk, Earmporn Thongkrajai, and Nancy L. VanDevanter
Submissions from 1996
Issues in essential obstetric care, Diana Measham and Virginia Kallianes
Reproductive tract infection—Lessons learned from the field: Where do we go from here?, Jennifer Grant and Diana Measham
Women's experiences of unwanted pregnancy and induced abortion in Nigeria, Friday E. Okonofua, Clifford Odimegwu, Bisi Aina, Patrick H. Daru, and Agnes Johnson
Submissions from 1995
What we do and do not know about the menstrual cycle or, questions scientists could be asking, Sioban D. Harlow and Sara A. Ephross
Submissions from 1994
Partnership for prevention: A report of a meeting between women's health advocates, program planners, and scientists, Population Council
Reproductive health approach to family planning, Population Council
Submissions from 1993
Rethinking postpartum health care, Martha Brady and Beverly Winikoff
Submissions from 1991
Limitations of maternal care to improve maternal health, Beverly Winikoff
Maternal risk, Beverly Winikoff
Prevention of morbidity and mortality from induced and unsafe abortion in Nigeria, Friday E. Okonofua and Toun Ilumoka
Submissions from 1990
A reassessment of the concept of reproductive risk in maternity care and family planning services, Judith Rooks and Beverly Winikoff