These releases are issued by the Population Council or by partner agencies who are commenting on Council-related research and programs.
Open Data Journalism Conference in Ghana (15 November)
Overview: Leveling the Playing Field: Empowering Girls through Innovative Sports Programs
Statement: What Have We Really Learned About HIV and Hormonal Contraception This Week? (7 October)
Empowering Girls: Where Change Is Happening; Where Change Is Needed (22 September)
Susan Greenhalgh wins the Olivia Schieffelin Nordberg Award for excellence in writing and editing in the population sciences (9 September)
Discovery Advances Knowledge About Link Between Herpes and HIV Infection (30 June)
Non-Council release: Economic recession has put a brake to the recent increase in fertility rates across Europe and in the United States (28 June)
USAID Addresses Abuse and Neglect of Women During Childbirth (6 May)
Statement: "An Island of Liberty": Legal Abortion in Mexico City
Statement: Truvada Trial Among Women Discontinued
How Many Will We Be? Are Population Estimates Off the Mark? (20 February 2011)
Statement: Action Alert: Call the Capitol Today and Speak Up for Women and Families
Study Shows Personal Lubricants Amplify HIV Replication and Cause Rectal Tissue Damage In Vitro (17 February 2011)
Vaginal Microbicide Shown Effective in Laboratory Study (5 January 2011)
2009 Survey of Young People in Egypt: Final Results (14 December 2010)
Breakthrough in HIV Prevention Research (23 November)
Statement: Results from a Contraceptive Gel Study (18 November)
Statement: Forty Years of Contraceptive Development (12 November)
Bangladesh Country Director Ubaidur Rob Presents Findings of Innovative Project in Bangladesh (4 October)
Empowering and Protecting Adolescent Girls in Haiti (21 September)
Agreement Signed Between Government of Southern Sudan and Population Council (August)
Howard Cox Joins Population Council Board of Trustees (19 August)
Population Council IT Director Stan Mierzwa Recognized for Development of Interviewing Software (17 August)
Non-Council release: Young, Unmarried Women in India Face Obstacles to Obtaining Early Abortion Services (28 July)
Breakthrough in Microbicide Research (19 July)
Population Council President Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Mahidol University (6 July)
Non-Council release: Iran and the Link Between Education and Democracy (22 June)
Non-Council release: Council senior scientist Marc Goldstein is co-author of A Baby At Last! The Couples' Complete Guide to Getting Pregnant—from Cutting-Edge Treatments to Commonsense Wisdom, newly published by Fireside Books/A Simon & Schuster Paperback (15 June)
Demography Textbook Fills Gap in the Arabic Academic Library (10 June)
Egyptian First Lady Suzanne Mubarak Visits Ishraq Girls in Fayoum (3 June)
Microbicides from A to Z (20 May)
Population Council Selects Babatunde Ahonsi to Direct Its Nigeria Office (7 May)
Statement: 50th Anniversary of the Birth Control Pill (6 May)
Statement: Good News: Pregnancy and Childbirth Becoming Safer for Women Worldwide (3 May)
Building Research Capacity on Gender and Work in the MENA Region (15 Mar)
Non-Council release: Youngest Americans at Forefront of Rapid Changes in U.S. Demographic Makeup, New Research Finds (10 Mar)
Watson Licenses Population Council’s Novel Contraceptive Ring (1 Mar)
Council Activities Included in Kenya’s Best Practices Compendium (24 Feb)
Survey on Young People in Egypt—2009 (15 Feb)
Announcement: Welcome to Our New Web Site! (2 Feb)
Statement: Good News About AIDS . . . But Why? (22 Jan)
Antares Pharma and Population Council Announce Positive Phase 2 Trial Results (11 Jan)
US Government Rejoins Worldwide Reproductive Health Consensus (8 Jan)
These releases are issued by the Population Council or by partner agencies who are commenting on Council-related research and programs.
Trial Finds Microbicide Ineffective as HIV Prevention Method for Women (14 Dec)
Population Council Applauds Lifting of HIV Travel Ban (3 Nov)
Sheldon J. Segal, Distinguished, Dedicated, and Decorated Scientist and Beloved Friend, Dies (19 Oct)
Population Council Researchers Share Findings from Gender, Reproductive Health, HIV, Urbanization Studies, and More at IUSSP International Population Conference (21 Sep)
Population Council Endocrinologist Régine Sitruk-Ware Recognized for Contraception Research for Perimenopausal Women (17 Aug)
Role of Population Council in Pakistan Recognized by the Prime Minister (11 Jul)
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Population Council Support the Expansion of the Ishraq Program for Out-of-School Girls in Rural Upper Egypt (29 Jun)
Commonly Used Chemicals Associated with Low Birth Weight (25 Jun)
Unprecedented Scale-Up of Voluntary Male Circumcision Begins in Swaziland, Zambia (11 Jun)
Africa's Future: Improving the Health of Mothers and Children (2 Jun)
Antares Pharma and Population Council Announce Preliminary Positive Phase 2 Trial Results (15 May)
International Family Planning Programs: Myths v. Facts (9 Apr)
Violence Prevention Conference Brings Together International Leaders (8 Apr)
These releases are issued by the Population Council or by partner agencies who are commenting on Council-related research and programs.
Population Council Selects Safaa El-Kogali to Be Director of Its West Asia and North Africa Region (19 Dec)
The Lancet Publishes Carraguard Phase 3 Trial Results (5 Dec)
Population Council Scientist Receives Recognition for Her Research on Progestogen (22 Oct)
The Population Council and Sheldon Segal to be Awarded Prix Galien USA (23 Sep)
New Male Circumcision Device for HIV Prevention Studied (1 Aug)
Rockefeller, Mastroianni Join Population Council Board of Trustees (16 Jul)
Has the HIV Epidemic Peaked?(26 Jun)
Council Selects Louise Pedneault as Clinical Director, Microbicides, HIV and AIDS Program (15 Apr)
Population Council Names Scott Newman Chief Financial Officer (3 Apr)
Population, Human Capital Accumulation, and Productivity Growth (2 Apr)
Trial Shows Anti-HIV Microbicide Is Safe, but Does Not Prove It Effective (18 Feb)
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