Population Council Research that makes a difference

About the Population Council

Population Council key facts and FAQs (full text) (PDF) (PDF en español)

Why your support matters (2009) (PDF)

Population and the food supply (2008) (PDF)

The Population Council in Latin America and the Caribbean (2008) (PDF) (PDF en español)

Population Council in Ethiopia (2008) (PDFs: A4 and letter)

Population Council in Mexico (2008) (PDF)

Population Council in South Africa (2008) (PDFs: A4 and letter)

Audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (2008) (PDF)

 

HIV and AIDS Program

From bench to bedroom: The Population Council's HIV and AIDS program (2009) (PDFs: A4 and letter)

Microbicides

    • The Population Council, HIV and AIDS, and microbicides (2009) (PDFs: A4 and letter)

Prevention

    • MSM consultation stimulates action to address "the overlooked epidemic" (2008) (PDFs: A4 and letter)
    • Horizons launches innovative intervention study to promote mutual monogamy in South Africa (2007) (PDFs: A4 and letter)
    • Community-based activities complement PMTCT programs in Kenya (2007) (PDFs: A4 and letter)
    • From mother to mother: A peer mentor program to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV in South Africa offers much needed support (2007) (PDFs: A4 and letter)
    • A targeted intervention falls short: Study in South African mining community highlights importance of understanding sexual networks (2007) (PDFs: A4 and letter)

Treatment and care

    • Guide for improving adherence to drug therapies (2007) (PDFs: A4 and letter)
    • Partner-delivered therapy viable in resource-poor areas (2007) (PDFs: A4 and letter)

Youth

    • Horizons develops and pilots an abstinence (A) and being faithful (B) life skills curriculum for in-school youth in South Africa (2007) (PDFs: A4 and letter)
    • Examining the rollout of pediatric antiretroviral treatment (2007) (PDFs: A4 and letter)
    • Where are the children? Strengthening pediatric access to ART in South Africa (2007) (PDFs: A4 and letter)
    • Ethical implications of working with children (2007) (PDFs: A4 and letter)
    • Population Council works to eliminate child marriage (2007) (PDFs: A4 and letter)

 

Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program

Poverty, Gender, and Youth program: From demography to policy (2010) (PDF)

Child marriage briefing sheets: Ethiopia (PDF), Mali (PDF), Mozambique (PDF), Nigeria (PDF), Zambia (PDF)

Child marriage in francophone West Africa (2008) (PDF)

The Adolescent Experience In-depth: Using Data to Identify and Reach the Most Vulnerable Young People (more)

Facts About Adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey: Statistical Tables for Program Planning (more)

Promoting Healthy, Safe, and Productive Transitions to Adulthood (more)

Reproductive Health Program

Reproductive Health program: From product development to service delivery (2010) (PDF)

Focused antenatal care acceptable, tricky to implement (2007) (PDFs: A4 and letter)

The struggle to end FGM/C (2007) (PDFs: A4 and letter)

Mixed success involving men in maternal care worldwide (2007) (PDFs: A4 and letter)

Low morale found among South African nurses (2007) (PDFs: A4 and letter)

Contraception

    • Building on decades of success: Pioneering contraceptive research and products (2009) (PDF) (PDF en español)
    • Copper-bearing intrauterine devices (full text)
    • Jadelle® implants FAQs (full text)
    • Mirena®, a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (full text)
    • Norplant® implants FAQs (full text)

Emergency contraception

Nonconsensual sex

    • Forced sexual relations among married young women in developing countries (PDF)
    • Sexual coercion: Young men’s experiences as victims and perpetrators (PDF)
    • The adverse health and social outcomes of sexual coercion: Experiences of young women in developing countries (PDF)

Reproductive tract infections (PDF)

 

Impact

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What's New

Breakthrough in microbicide research: A gel tested by CAPRISA in South Africa indicates that it is safe and effective in reducing the risk of HIV and herpes infections among women participants; confirmatory research is needed. (more) Naomi Rutenberg, Population Council vice president and director of the HIV and AIDS program, discussed the results of the CAPRISA study on PRI's "The Takeaway." (offsite link)

Mahidol University has awarded Council president Peter J. Donaldson an honorary doctorate in demography in recognition of the significant role he has played in the development of population and social science research in Thailand. (more)

A Closer Look: Stories of Impact, the Population Council’s 2009 annual report, is now available. Read first-person accounts and view striking photographs of our lifesaving work around the world. This year we are also featuring a short documentary, slideshows, and podcasts about our projects. (more)

The Population Council celebrates five decades of American women’s access to the birth control pill. The Council continues to work toward improving reproductive health for all through research and testing of an array of reversible contraceptive methods for both men and women. (more)

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