Submissions from 2024
Analysis of anthropometric outcomes in Indian children during the COVID-19 pandemic using National Family Health Survey data, Amit Summan, Arindam Nandi, and Ramanan Laxminarayan
An evaluation of a multi-partner approach to increase routine immunization coverage in six northern Nigerian States, Leanne Dougherty, Mayokun Adediran, Akinwumi Akinola, Matthew Alabi, Eno-Obong Etim, Jane Ohioghame, and Adebola A. Adedimeji
Community Midwives Plus Project in Sindh: Introducing Group Antenatal Care (GANC) at the community level through community midwives, Population Council Pakistan
Community Midwives Plus Project in Sindh: Strengthening the community-based healthcare system, Population Council Pakistan
Data-driven decision making for health and population: The Integrated Health and Population Dashboard (IHPD)—Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Population Council Pakistan
Data-driven decision making for health and population: The Integrated Health and Population Dashboard (IHPD)—Sindh, Population Council Pakistan
District-level monitoring of universal health coverage, India, Arnab Mukherji, Megha Rao, Sapna Desai, S.V. Subramanian, Gagandeep Kang, and Vikram Patel
Factors influencing the acceptability of the Test, Treat and Refer practice for malaria among caregivers of under 5 children at community pharmacies and drug shops in Nigeria, Toyin O. Akomolafe, Sikiru Baruwa, Emeka Okafor, Ene Daniel-Ebune, Theophilus Ajibade, Osimhen Ubuane, Oluwatobi Morakinyo, and Rodio Diallo
Improving possible serious bacterial infection (PSBI) management in young infants when referral is not feasible: Lessons from embedded implementation research in Ethiopia and Kenya, Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh, George Odwe, Kezia K’Oduol, Hellen Gwaro, Nebreed Fesseha, Zipporah Moraa, Alexandra Haake Kamberos, Mohamed Mosaad Hasan, Hema Magge, Yasir Bin Nisar, and Lisa R. Hirschhorn
Individual interventions, collective lessons: Developing mid-range theory on women’s groups to improve health, Sapna Desai, Neha Kumar, Lu Gram, Avishek Hazra, Kaliat Ammu Sanyal, Sharmada Sivaram, Nirmala Nair, Rajani Ved, and Audrey Prost
Infographic: On-site provision of family planning services in factory settings in Egypt, Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab, Reham Abou El-Fadl, Noha El-Khorazaty, and Tarek Alam Eldin
Infographic: On-site provision of family planning services in factory settings in Egypt [in Arabic], Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab, Reham Abou El-Fadl, Noha El-Khorazaty, and Tarek Alam Eldin
On-site provision of family planning services in factory settings in Egypt, Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab, Reham Abou El-Fadl, Noha El-Khorazaty, and Tarek Alam Eldin
On-site provision of family planning services in factory settings in Egypt [in Arabic], Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab, Reham Abou El-Fadl, Noha El-Khorazaty, and Tarek Alam Eldin
Our Health Is Our Capital, Population Council
Routine immunization against Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type B and antibiotic consumption in India: A dynamic modeling analysis, Chirag K. Kumar, Alec Gleason, Giridara Gopal Parameswaran, Amit Summan, Eili Klein, Ramanan Laxminarayan, and Arindam Nandi
Strengthening the community-based healthcare system through the Community Midwives Plus Project, Iram Kamran, Rehan M. Niazi, Tahira Parveen, and Shaanzaa Umar Kiani
The limits of nudging: Results of a randomized trial of text messages to promote home-based caregiving and reduce perceptions of stigma for COVID-19 patients in Kenyan informal settlements, James B. Tidwell, Jessie Pinchoff, Timothy Abuya, Eva Ireri Muluve, Daniel Mwanga, Faith Mbushi, and Karen Austrian
Submissions from 2023
Calling Attention to Experiences of Care for Hospitalized Newborns and Young Children to Improve Newborn and Child Survival, Chantalle Okondo
Halftime for SDGs: Maternal and Newborn Health—Best Investment Paper, Nyovani Madise, Arindam Nandi, Brad Wong, and Saleema Razvi
How to measure provider behavior change impact, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Provider behavior change: Social and behavior change approaches to quality of care in family planning, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Provider Behavior Change: Social and Behavior Change Approaches to Quality of Care in Family Planning—Slide deck, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Submissions from 2022
A research agenda to strengthen evidence generation and utilisation to accelerate the elimination of female genital mutilation, Dennis Matanda and Esther Lwanga Walgwe
Barriers and facilitators of access to maternal, newborn and child health services during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria: Findings from a qualitative study, Godwin O. Akaba, Osasuyi Dirisu, Kehinde Okunade, Eseoghene Adams, Jane Ohioghame, Obioma O. Obikeze, Emmanuel Izuka, Maryam Sulieman, and Michael Edeh
Determining a trusting environment for maternity care: A framework based on perspectives of women, communities, service providers, and managers in peri-urban Kenya, Pooja Sripad, Maria W. Merritt, Deanna Kerrigan, Timothy Abuya, Charity Ndwiga, and Charlotte E. Warren
Learnings from past interventions in the digital era: Evidence-based considerations for adolescents’ programming using information and communication technologies, Grace Saul and Waimar Tun
Quality of services offered to women with female genital mutilation across health facilities in a Kenyan county, Samuel Kimani, Chantalle Okondo, Jacinta Muteshi-Strachan, and Jaldesa Guyo
Submissions from 2021
COVID-19 pandemic: A call to action, a time to respond, Saumya RamaRao
Development and validation of a multi-dimensional scale to assess community health worker motivation, Ann Gottert, Tracy McClair, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Sina Pascal Dakouo, Timothy Abuya, Karen Kirk, Benjamin Bellows, Smisha Agarwal, Sarah Kennedy, Charlotte E. Warren, and Pooja Sripad
Evidence-informed planning and action in Central Asia: Learnings from the Tajikistan Adolescent Wellbeing and Health Pilot Project, Population Council
Inclusion of family planning within the National Health Insurance benefits package in Ghana: A health facility assessment, Population Council, Ministry of Health, Ghana Health Service, National Health Insurance Authority, and Marie Stopes International Ghana
Issues for consideration in the scale-up of the inclusion of family planning in the National Health Insurance benefits package in Ghana, Kamil Fuseini and Augustine Ankomah
Microbicides: Woman-centered HIV prevention to help end AIDS by 2030, International Partnership for Microbicides
Submissions from 2020
Assessing community capacity strengthening to sustain integrated social behavior change programming in northwestern Nigeria, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Best Bets: Additional Funding for Family Planning—International evidence on financing of family planning, Zeba Sathar
Best Bets for Accelerating Family Planning in Pakistan: Invest in community health workers, Ali M. Mir and Kiren Khan
Best Bets for Accelerating Family Planning in Pakistan: The case for engaging family physicians and the for-profit private sector, Ashfaq Rehman and Anam Malkani
Care-seeking and treatment for sick children—Insights for improving malaria, family planning, and maternal and child health outcomes in northwestern Nigeria through social and behavior change programming, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Challenges and prospects for implementation of community health volunteers’ digital health solutions in Kenya: A qualitative study, Pauline Bakibinga, Eva Kamande, Lyagamula Kisia, Milka Omuya, Dennis Matanda, and Catherine Kyobutungi
Comprehensive formative research on health beliefs, practices, and behaviors in Mali, Breakthrough RESEARCH
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
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 Mali: 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
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
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
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