For 60 years, the Population Council has changed the way the world thinks about important health and development issues. Explore an interactive timeline of the Council's history, learn more about some of our key contributions, and watch a short video about why your support is so important to us.
Population Council president Peter J. Donaldson joins the board of the revitalized Global Health Council.
"Giving birth without skilled help was universal 2,000-plus years ago. It remains surprisingly common today." Don't miss Council president Peter J. Donaldson's commentary on Huffington Post.
International Migrants Day: The Population Council examines the lives of migrant adolescent girls in the developing world and designs and evaluates programs and shapes policies to help them. Learn more here.
Fred H. Bixby Fellowship application deadline: 31 January 2013. The Council's Bixby fellowship program is geared toward developing-country nationals in the early stages of their careers.
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Population and Development Review: September 2012
Studies in Family Planning: December 2012
Population Briefs: September 2012
Momentum: November 2012
Why I give: Read former Council fellow Te-Hsiung's reasons for supporting the Population Council
Article: Peak farmland and the prospect for land sparing (published in advance of a forthcoming supplement to Population and Development Review)
Meeting report: The Africa Regional Sexual and Gender-based Violence Network Annual Partners Meeting, June 26-27 2012, Mombasa, Kenya
