Submissions from 2020
End of Programme Webinar Series: Using research to understand and accelerate abandonment of FGM/C, Bettina Shell-Duncan, Jacinta Muteshi-Strachan, Agnes K. Meroka-Mutua, Samuel Kimani, and Flavia Mwangovya
Evaluating the inclusion of family planning within the National Health Insurance benefits package in Ghana, Kamil Fuseini and Augustine Ankomah
Evidence review and analysis of provider behavior change opportunities, Emily Zimmerman, Vivien Caetano, Rachel Banay, and Jana Smith
Exploring barriers to seeking health care among Kenyan Somali women with female genital mutilation: A qualitative study, Samuel Kimani, Caroline W. Kabiru, Jacinta Muteshi-Strachan, and Jaldesa Guyo
Frontline Health: Harmonizing metrics, advancing evidence, accelerating policy—Project overview brief, Frontline Health Project
ICA Foundation supports LNG IUS access in low- and middle-income countries, Population Council
Lessons from a five-year research programme on FGM/C and their relevance for policy and programmes in Kenya, Dennis Matanda, Agnes K. Meroka-Mutua, and Samuel Kimani
Malaria: Insights for improving malaria, family planning, and maternal and child health outcomes in northwestern Nigeria through social and behavior change programming, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Modeling the impact of inclusion of family planning services in Ghana's National Health Insurance scheme, Justin Archer, Gillian Eva, Augustine Ankomah, Saumya RamaRao, Kamil Fuseini, Anne Coolen, Stephen Duku, and Benjamin Bellows
Routine childhood immunization—Insights for improving malaria, family planning, and maternal and child health outcomes in northwestern Nigeria through social and behavior change programming, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Scales to measure motivation among community health workers, and trust and empowerment among their clients: A guide, Frontline Health Project
Social and behavior change programming landscape for out-of-school adolescent and youth reproductive health programs in the Philippines: A scoping review, Breakthrough RESEARCH
The community health system in Bangladesh: An overview, Frontline Health Project
The community health system in Haiti: An overview, Frontline Health Project
The community health system in Mali: An overview, Frontline Health Project
The community health system in the DRC: An overview, Frontline Health Project
Tracking COVID-19 data reporting and analysis in the United States, Charlotte Brasseux, Thoai Ngo, Mingqi Song, and Saleh Abbas
Upholding rights under COVID-19: The Respectful Maternity Care Charter, R. Rima Jolivet, Charlotte E. Warren, Pooja Sripad, Elena Ateva, Jewel Gausman, Kate Mitchell, Hagar Palgi Hacker, Emma Sacks, and Ana Langer
Submissions from 2019
A conceptual framework for measuring community health workforce performance within primary health care systems, Smisha Agarwal, Pooja Sripad, Caroline Johnson, Karen Kirk, Benjamin Bellows, Joseph Ana, Vince Blaser, Meghan Bruce Kumar, Kathleen Buchholz, Alain Casseus, Nan Chen, Hannah Sarah Faich Dini, Rachel Hoy Deussom, David Jacobstein, Richard Kintu, Nazo Kureshy, Lory Meoli, Lilian Otiso, Neil Pakenham-Walsh, Jérôme Pfaffmann Zambruni, Mallika Raghavan, Ryan Schwarz, John Townsend, Brittney Varpilah, William Weiss, and Charlotte E. Warren
An assessment of human resources for health hiring, deployment and retention, procedures and practices in Cross river and Bauchi states, Nigeria, Osasuyi Dirisu, Akinwumi Akinola, Ekechi Okereke, Godwin Unumeri, Ibrahim Suleiman, Aisha Jibril, and George I. Eluwa
A new approach to assess the capability of health facilities to provide clinical care for sexual violence against women: A pilot study, Mardieh Dennis, Onikepe Owolabi, Jenny A. Cresswell, Nachela Chelwa, Manuela Colombini, Bellington Vwalika, Michael Mbizvo, and Oona M.R. Campbell
Assessing the effect of a primary health care intervention for improving pre-eclampsia and eclampsia knowledge and practice in Bangladesh, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Shongkour Roy, Kanij Sultana, and Charlotte E. Warren
Assessment of in-service training and continuing education (IST/CE) for frontline health workers in Bauchi and Cross River states, Nigeria, Ekechi Okereke, Iliyasu Zubairu, Udoh Nsekpong, Godwin Unumeri, Ibrahim Suleiman, and Aisha Jibril
Collaboration with the University of Calabar for human resources for health management training for Bauchi and Cross River states, Ekechi Okereke, Godwin Unumeri, Ibrahim Suleiman, and Aisha Jibril
Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey: 2016–2018, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, UNICEF, and Population Council
Engaging community women’s groups to improve maternal health care delivery in Cross River: Implementation research report, Pooja Sripad, Emmanuel Nwala, Tracy McClair, Salisu Mohammed Ishaku, and Charlotte E. Warren
Enhancing customer satisfaction for health services, Deepa Rajamani and Saumya RamaRao
Evidence-based process for prioritizing positive behaviors for promotion: Zika prevention in Latin America and the Caribbean and applicability to future health emergency responses, Jessie Pinchoff, Arianna Serino, Alice Payne Merritt, Gabrielle Hunter, Martha Silva, Priya Parikh, and Paul C. Hewett
Health financing and family planning in the context of Universal Health Care: Connecting the discourse, Gabrielle Appleford and Saumya RamaRao
Health financing and family planning in the context of universal health care: Connecting the discourse in Kenya, Gabrielle Appleford and Saumya RamaRao
HIV testing and counselling couples together for affordable HIV prevention in Africa, Kristin M. Wall, Mubiana Inambao, William Kilembe, Etienne Karita, Bellington Vwalika, Joseph Mulenga, Rachel Parker, Tyronza Sharkey, Divya Sonti, Amanda Tichacek, Eric Hunter, Robert Yohnka, Joseph F. Abdallah, Ibou Thior, Julie Pulerwitz, and Susan Allen
Illustrative indicators for community health worker performance measurement, Frontline Health Project
Measuring coordination between women's self-help groups and local health systems in rural India: A social network analysis, Jenny Ruducha, Divya Hariharan, James Potter, Danish Ahmad, Sampath Kumar, P. S. Mohanan, Laili Irani, and Katelyn N.G. Long
Nutrition, family planning and health components of the Guatemalan program of primary health care (SINAPS), Aaron Lechtig, John Townsend, Francisco Pineda, Juan Jose Arroyo, Robert E. Klein, and Romeo de Leon
Population Council's support for Nigeria's third national Human Resources for Health conference and efforts to institutionalize HRH conferences in Nigeria, Ekechi Okereke, Godwin Unumeri, Ibrahim Suleiman, and Aisha Jibril
Positioning family planning quality within health financing for UHC: Connecting the discourse, Gabrielle Appleford, Saumya RamaRao, Benjamin Bellows, and Leah Jarvis
Practice-based learning: Integrating SGBV screening into health facilities in refugee contexts, Chi-Chi Undie, Josephine Ngebeh, Joanina Karugaba, Harriet Birungi, and Michael Mbizvo
Practice-based learning: Observations on One-Stop Centers in refugee settings, Chi-Chi Undie, Josephine Ngebeh, Jane Harriet Namwebya, and Joanina Karugaba
Setting the global research agenda for community health systems: Literature and consultative review, Smisha Agarwal, Karen Kirk, Pooja Sripad, Benjamin Bellows, Timothy Abuya, and Charlotte E. Warren
Strengthening Bauchi State College of Nursing and Midwifery by updating its training curricula, procedure manuals and student handbooks, Ekechi Okereke, Ibrahim Suleiman, and Aisha Jibril
Strengthening Cross River state schools of nursing and midwifery by updating their training curricula, procedure manuals and student handbooks, Ekechi Okereke, Godwin Unumeri, and Aisha Jibril
Strengthening in-service training and continuing education (IST/CE) for frontline health workers for Bauchi and Cross River states, Ekechi Okereke, Godwin Unumeri, Ibrahim Suleiman, and Aisha Jibril
Understanding incentive preferences of community health workers using discrete choice experiments: A multicountry protocol for Kenya, Uganda, Bangladesh and Haiti, Smisha Agarwal, Udochisom Anaba, Timothy Abuya, Richard Kintu, Alain Casseus, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Melvin Obad, and Charlotte E. Warren
Submissions from 2018
Assessing the community-level impact of a decade of user fee policy shifts on health facility deliveries in Kenya, 2003-2014, Francis Obare, Timothy Abuya, Dennis Matanda, and Benjamin Bellows
Changes in FGM/C in Somaliland: Medical narrative driving shift in types of cutting, Richard A. Powell and Mohamed Yussuf
Élargissement du choix des contraceptifs, Heather Clark, Saumya RamaRao, Catherine Unthank, Kazuyo Machiyama, and Nandita Thatte
Ensuring adequate financing of family planning commodities and services, Moazzam Ali and Benjamin Bellows
Expanding contraceptive choice, Heather Clark, Saumya RamaRao, Catherine Unthank, Kazuyo Machiyama, and Nandita Thatte
Exploring meaning and types of trust in maternity care in peri-urban Kenya: A qualitative cross-perspective analysis, Pooja Sripad, Sachiko Ozawa, Maria W. Merritt, Larissa Jennings, Deanna Kerrigan, Charity Ndwiga, Timothy Abuya, and Charlotte E. Warren
Impact of using eHealth tools to extend health services to rural areas of Nigeria: Protocol for a mixed-method, non-randomised cluster trial, Bassey Ebenso, Matthew John Allsop, Babasola Okusanya, Godwin Akaba, Jamilu Tukur, Kehinde Okunade, David Akeju, Adegbenga Ajepe, Osasuyi Dirisu, Ramsey Yalma, Abubakar Isa Sadeeq, Okey Okuzu, Tolga Ors, Terence Jagger, Joseph Paul Hicks, Tolib Mirzoev, and James Nicholas Newell
Making free public healthcare attractive: Optimizing health equity funds in Cambodia, Bart Jacobs, Ashish Bajracharya, Jyotirmoy Saha, Chhea Chhorvann, Benjamin Bellows, Steffen Flessa, and Adélio Fernandes Antunes
Stakeholder perspectives regarding transfer of free maternity services to National Health Insurance Fund in Kenya: Implications for universal health coverage, Timothy Abuya, Francis Obare, Dennis Matanda, Mardieh Dennis, and Benjamin Bellows
The rationale and relevance of existing cadres of frontline health workers and potential for new mid-level cadres, Oladimeji Oladepo, Ekechi Okereke, and Akinwumi Akinola
Understanding the use of India's National Health Insurance Scheme for family planning and reproductive health services in Uttar Pradesh, Arupendra Mozumdar, Kumudha Aruldas, Aparna Jain, and Laura Reichenbach
Submissions from 2017
Adolescent health: Priorities and opportunities for Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) in Uttar Pradesh, Sapna Desai
Assurer la sécurité des contraceptifs par des chaînes d’approvisionnement efficacies, Moazzam Ali
Civil society involvement in family planning: A review of global programming and evidence, Victoria Boydell, Robin Keeley, Kumudha Aruldas, and Karen Hardee
Community engagement in SGBV prevention and response: A compendium of interventions in the East and Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes region, Zahra Mirghani, Joanina Karugaba, Nicholas Martin-Achard, Chi-Chi Undie, and Harriet Birungi
Creating a culture of evidence use: Using an innovative knowledge translation platform to inform HIV/AIDS programming for women and girls, Jill Gay, Melanie Croce-Galis, Karen Hardee, and Amelia Peltz
Enhancing frontline health workers' abilities to improve MNCH services in Bauchi State through task shifting/sharing, Sylvia Adebajo, Ekechi Okereke, and Friday Joseph
Enhancing frontline health workers' abilities to improve MNCH services in Cross River State through task shifting/sharing, Sylvia Adebajo, Ekechi Okereke, and Friday Joseph
Ensuring contraceptive security through effective supply chains, Moazzam Ali
Identifying inequities in maternal and child health through risk stratification to inform health systems strengthening in Northern Togo, Katharine McCarthy, Sandra Braganza, Kevin Fiori, Christophe Gbeleou, Vivien Kpakpo, Andrew Lopez, Jennifer Schechter, Alicia Singham Goodwin, and Heidi E. Jones
Increasing access to reproductive health care through improved service delivery, Gul Rashida, Iram Kamran, Muhammad Khalil, Zeba Tasneem, Rehan M. Niazi, Mumraiz Khan, and Tahira Parveen
Optimizing community services for an improved continuum of HIV care, Project SOAR
Partenariat avec le secteur privé pour renforcer la fourniture de la contraception, Karen Hardee, David Wofford, and Nandita Thatte
Preventing pediatric tuberculosis: A randomized trial of symptom-based screening of South African children exposed to tuberculosis, Population Council
Private sector action for women's health and empowerment: How business can invest in women and realize returns, Robyn Russell, Ilze Melngailis, Andrea Lilja, Elissa Goldenberg, Lisa Staxang, Carolyn Rodehau, and David Wofford
Project YES! Youth engaging for success: A peer mentoring program to transition youth to HIV self-management in Zambia, Project SOAR
Strengthening capacity in HIV operations research: Reflections on a Project SOAR workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa, Project SOAR
The current status of research on the integration of sexual and reproductive health and HIV services, Charlotte E. Warren, Susannah H. Mayhew, and Jonathan Hopkins
Workplace health and the garment sector in Cambodia, Bunmey Yat, Carolyn Rodehau, David Wofford, and Ashish Bajracharya
Submissions from 2016
Adapting a health systems strengthening model to improve access to health services in a factory: A pilot project in Haiti, Carolyn Rodehau, David Wofford, and Suzanne Brockman
Effectiveness of a community-based SGBV prevention model in emergency settings in Uganda: Testing the 'Zero Tolerance Village Alliance' intervention, Chi-Chi Undie, Harriet Birungi, Francis Obare, George Odwe, Jane Harriet Namwebya, Paul Orikushaba, Prosmolly Ayebale, William Onen, Fiona Nicholson, Rachel Chisinga-Francis, Peter Netshabako, Anne Katahoire, David Apollo Kazungu, Darlson Kusasira, Zahra Mirghani, and Joanina Karugaba
Evaluation of the impact of strengthening Union Health and Family Welfare Centers for providing 24/7 normal delivery services in Bangladesh, Md. Noorunnabi Talukder, A.K.M. Zafar Ullah Khan, Mohammed Sharif, Forhana Rahman Noor, Surojit Kundu, Shongkour Roy, Afsana Fatema Noor, and Ubaidur Rob
Evidence to End FGM/C Research Programme: Presentation at the sixtieth session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, Jacinta Muteshi-Strachan
Fact sheet—How does quality of care relate to a rights-based approach to family planning programs?, Jan Kumar
Health impacts of female genital mutilation/cutting: A synthesis of the evidence, Samuel Kimani, Jacinta Muteshi-Strachan, and Carolyne Njue
Landscape analysis of the family planning situation in Pakistan—District profile: Faisalabad, Population Council
Landscape analysis of the family planning situation in Pakistan—District profile: Hyderabad, Population Council
Landscape analysis of the family planning situation in Pakistan—District profile: Karachi, Population Council
Landscape analysis of the family planning situation in Pakistan—District profile: Lahore, Population Council
Landscape analysis of the family planning situation in Pakistan—District profile: Multan, Population Council
Landscape analysis of the family planning situation in Pakistan—District profile: Rawalpindi, Population Council
Landscape analysis of the family planning situation in Pakistan—District profile: Sukkur, Population Council
Planning Guide for a Total Market Approach to Increase Access to Family Planning—Module 1: Landscape Assessment, Christopher Brady, Laura Weeden, Jane Hutchings, and Jerry Parks
Scaling up family planning in Zambia—Part 1: Assessment and feasibility of maintaining an innovative program, Benjamin Bellows, Mary Nambao, Luigi Jaramillo, Roz Fanaiayan, Mardieh Dennis, and Karen Hardee
Strengthening factory health systems under Levi Strauss & Co.'s worker well-being initiative in Egypt, Population Council and The Evidence Project
Submissions from 2015
ARV-based HIV prevention for women: State of the science and considerations for implementation in Zimbabwe. Report from a provider workshop, Population Council
Delivering contraceptive vaginal rings: Review of postpartum and postnatal care programs in Nigeria, Godwin Unumeri and Salisu Mohammed Ishaku
Delivering contraceptive vaginal rings: Review of postpartum service packages in Kenya, Wilson Liambila, Saumya RamaRao, and Heather Clark
Delivering contraceptive vaginal rings—Task shifting and task sharing in the delivery of family planning services: Experiences from Kenya, Wilson Liambila, Saumya RamaRao, and Heather Clark
Evaluating the impact of health system strengthening on HIV and sexual risk behaviors in Nigeria, George I. Eluwa, Sylvia Adebajo, Omokhudu Idogho, Oluwole Fajemisin, Jennifer Anyanti, and Babatunde A.O. Ahonsi
Expanding the role of research evidence in family planning policy, program, and practice decisionmaking, Karen Hardee and Kelsey Wright
Family planning policy, program, and practice decisionmaking: The role of research evidence and other factors, Karen Hardee, Kelsey Wright, and Joanne Spicehandler
Fertility transitions in Kenya and Ghana: Trends, determinants and implications for policy and programs, Ian Askew, Baker Ndugga Maggwa, and Francis Onyango
How does quality of care relate to a rights-based approach to family planning programs?, Jan Kumar
Improving hospital-based quality of care by reducing HIV-related stigma: Evaluation results from Vietnam, Julie Pulerwitz, Khuat Thi Hai Oanh, Dayo Akinwolemiwa, Kim Ashburn, and Laura Nyblade
Landscape analysis on pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in Bangladesh, Charlotte E. Warren, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Rahat Ara Nur, Kanij Sultana, Karen Kirk, and Amy Dempsey