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Family Planning Programs for the 21st Century: Rationale and …

remarkable recent trends in reproductive behavior in the developing world have been well documented and the empirical record is not in dispute. The causes of … See more

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Family Planning Programs for the 21st Century: Rationale and Design

WEBFamily planning improves health, reduces poverty, and empowers women. Yet, today, more than 200 million women in the developing world want to avoid …

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Does education improve health in low- and middle income …

WEBDespite enormous progress in expanding school enrollment globally, improvements in health have not always followed, raising important questions: Does …

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Reproductive tract infections: A set of factsheets

WEBReproductive tract infections (RTIs) are being increasingly recognized as a serious global health problem with impact on individual women and men, and their …

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"Bellagio consensus: Recommendations for action to increase …

WEBThis brief and statement offers recommendations for action to increase access to highly effective, long-acting, reversible contraception (LARCs) and accelerate …

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Optimizing maternal and child health outcomes through use of

WEBOptimizing maternal and child health outcomes through use of

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Effectiveness, safety, and acceptability of medical abortion at …

WEBINTRODUCTION Rationale . Medical abortion is a non-surgical pregnancy termination option that involves using a combination of mifepristone and misoprostol, or misoprostol …

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The Situation Analysis Approach to Assessing Family Planning and

WEBGood family planning service delivery emphasizing both access and quality is key to the related goals of satisfying individual needs and achieving programmatic …

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"Effectiveness of interventions designed to prevent or respond to …

WEBGirls are one-third less likely to be subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) today than 30 years ago. However, rapid population growth in some of the …

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The community health system in the DRC: An overview

WEBIn the DRC, the community health system is decentral- ized and operates across five levels: • At the national level, the Ministry of Health (MSP*) develops health policies and …

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"Understanding incentive preferences of community health …

WEBIntroduction: There is a renewed global interest in improving community health worker (CHW) programmes. For CHW programmes to be effective, key intervention design …

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The Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus: A Toolkit for Family …

WEBThe Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus (BCS+) toolkit, developed and tested in Kenya and South Africa, provides information and materials that healthcare …

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"Abortion self-care: A forward-looking solution to inequitable …

WEBRecommended Citation. Vázquez Quesada, Lucia, Ankita Shukla, Isabel Vieitez Martínez, Rajib Acharya, and Saumya RamaRao. 2020. "Abortion self-care: A …

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Facilitating regulatory approval of multipurpose prevention

WEBThis brief describes multipurpose prevention technologies (MPTs) that address women's sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs, and how to go about facilitating regulatory …

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The community health system in Mali: An overview

WEBThis brief provides an overview of the community health system in Mali. The system is decentralized and operates across five levels: national, regional, district, health area, …

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"Evaluation of the informed consent process for male circumcision …

WEBThis report evaluates the informed consent process for male circumcision conducted through the Male Circumcision Partnership for Zambia, led by Population Services …

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The PLHA-friendly achievement checklist: A self-assessment …

WEBIntroduction . Background: Population Council/Horizons and SHARAN are conducting an operations research study in three New Delhi hospitals. The study, entitled “Improving …

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"Constructing a critical path for product development, …

WEBThis brief discusses the Council's health technologies development and the product development path from conceptualization to market. It defines the steps in the Critical …

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Population Council's support for Nigeria's third national Human

WEBThis project brief describes the Population Council's partnership efforts with public health stakeholders in Nigeria to plan and host a third national conference for provision of …

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Sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescents living …

WEBii. Acknowledgements. This study is one of the APHIA II Operations Research (OR) projects in Kenya. The APHIA II OR project is funded by the USAID/Kenya Mission through …

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Nonclinical development needs and regulatory requirements for

WEBAbstract. This summary outlines key development elements that will be necessary for various configurations of multipurpose prevention products for the simultaneous …

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Knowledge Commons Population Council Research

WEBThis report examines the challenges and opportunities for sexual and reproductive health and rights in Zambia, based on data from the Population Council and other sources.

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