Overview
In 1979, the Population Council established an office in Mexico City as its regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean. Today it functions administratively as a country office, but Mexico-based Council investigators work throughout the region.
As a middle-income country, Mexico has celebrated considerable improvements recently in health, although stubborn inequities according to socioeconomic status and region remain. Similarly, Mexico continues to address sexual and reproductive health challenges. For example, although the total fertility rate has reached a plateau at slightly above replacement level (2.2), substantial unmet need for contraceptives persists, especially among the poor; women continue to die during pregnancy despite near-universal access to institutional delivery; and although elective first-trimester abortion is legal in Mexico City, it is highly restricted outside the capital, causing significant abortion-related morbidity and mortality. Through social science and epidemiological and public health research, the Council has created a substantial evidence base around these critical topics to help shape policies and programs that help the most vulnerable Mexicans.
Program focus
Although the Mexico office is committed to seeking new research opportunities in all three Council Programs (HIV and AIDS; Poverty, Gender, and Youth [PGY]; and Reproductive Health) most of our recent and ongoing research has a reproductive health focus with clear links to HIV and AIDS and Poverty, Gender, and Youth.
Building evidence for safe and legal abortion. The Council has investigated sexual and reproductive health in Mexico and LAC for more than 30 years, including pioneering work on abortion incidence, public opinion, and, since the passage of the watershed abortion reform in Mexico City in April 2007, improving access to safe and legal abortion in the capital. Since 2000, we have lead the research agenda within an innovative five-member consortium of nongovernmental organizations that work tirelessly to position sexual and reproductive rights squarely on the public agenda. We also work in partnership with the Mexico City Ministry of Health to conduct studies aimed at strengthening access to and the quality of legal abortion services. Our progress is the result of comprehensive, synergistic, and responsive strategies that focus on: (1) quantifying and demonstrating the public health burden of unsafe abortion; (2) showcasing its substantial economic and social costs; and (3) documenting public opinion favorable to safe termination of pregnancy.
Making pregnancy safe. Although Mexico’s maternal mortality rate (MMR) has improved in recent years, this decline has not kept pace with the country’s overall socioeconomic development. With an MMR of 60 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, much work remains. For example, in order to reach Millennium Development Goal number 5 aimed at improving national MMRs, Mexico must reduce its current MMR by 40 percent by 2015. The main causes of maternal death are hypertensive disorders, hemorrhage, and other direct causes. Through interinstitutional collaborative agreements, the Council works closely with federal and several state-level ministries of health to improve the adoption of evidence-based practices in obstetric care. We will soon expand our maternal health research to include the support of high-quality obstetric services. Research in two border states (Chihuahua on the United States border and Yucatán on the Belize/Guatemala borders) aims to help women advocate for their own health care, particularly when interacting with physicians and nurses. Also, we will train health-care professionals in ways to offer women high-quality care during pregnancy and delivery. Lastly, we will continue collaborating with our Guatemala office colleagues on their maternal health activities.
Strengthening RH interprogrammatic links with HIV and AIDS and PGY. Our RH research in Mexico intersects with key priorities of the HIV/AIDS and PGY programs, and we seek opportunities to leverage the Council’s global experience across programs. Good national health indicators often mask pockets of marginalization among the most vulnerable individuals. Using lessons from the Council’s global research on safe spaces, we are documenting the health needs and experiences of vulnerable young people and currently are evaluating a program to empower vulnerable girls in Oaxaca State. Similarly, although Mexico’s HIV prevalence is relatively low and its response to the pandemic is strong, certain groups remain underserved and underrepresented because they do not fit into the traditional high-risk categories (injecting drug users and men who have sex with men). Consequently, we focus our integrated HIV research on vulnerable women living with HIV and on migrants.
Looking forward. Council researchers in Mexico exploring new areas of research to better understand the association between urbanization, poverty, and health, especially in the extended capital city. We will also begin new research with HIV-positive women, building on the previous studies discussed above.
Highlights of recent and ongoing research
- A 2008 study of national abortion incidence in Mexico revealed a 33 percent increase in induced abortion since 1994 and no improvement in abortion-related complications. In 2011, ongoing research will highlight the public health burden of unsafe abortion among the most vulnerable Mexicans by age and state.
- A 2009 study of the total costs to the public health system of treating complications due to unsafe abortion in Mexico City versus offering safe early abortion services, and a 2011 study will explore the social costs of abortion.
- The Council is a forerunner in the region in terms of conducting high-quality opinion surveys about induced abortion at the national and state levels. Examples of such studies include: (1) consecutive representative surveys among Mexico City residents before and after legalization of elective first-trimester abortion; our studies indicate increased public support for the Mexico City law from 38 percent in 2007 to 73 percent in 2009; and (2) several additional opinion studies among lawyers (2009); women (2007, 2009); young people (2004); and physicians (2002), most in Mexico, but also in Brazil, Honduras, and Jamaica.
- Researchers have formed technical partnerships with the Mexico City MOH on data monitoring and descriptive analysis of women who obtain legal abortions, including clarifying women's and physicians' experiences, and other related studies (since 2007 and ongoing).
- Since 2001, the Council’s Mexico office has hosted three major academic conferences in LAC on the public health impact of unwanted pregnancy and abortion. The 2008 meeting drew more than 250 colleagues from around the globe. In 2011, the event will highlight experiences from Central American countries.
- Nationally, and in Mexico City and Oaxaca (Mexico’s poorest state) specifically, we are systematically documenting the use of magnesium sulfate for the prevention and treatment of severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in public-sector services and barriers to its use.
- A 2011 project in the state of Yucatán will assess the feasibility of introducing a rapid test for pregnant women's high levels of albumin and a Doppler study measuring women's uterine artery, a gold standard in early pre-eclampsia diagnosis.
- In Oaxaca, we are assisting a local academic institution to evaluate the impact of an obstetric emergencies training course for obstetricians and gynecologists.
- With the Federal and Mexico City MOHs, the Council is completing an extensive review of the medical charts of women who died during pregnancy in the past three years.
- We work closely with our colleagues in the Guatemala office and with a Guatemalan network of indigenous women (CONAVIGUA) to document the experience of indigenous women who use maternity waiting homes and to train peer health promoters on better integration of traditional and Western birthing practices.
- A three-year collaboration in Oaxaca is assessing the impact of an innovative, rights-based leadership training program on young indigenous women and their peers. We are also conducting a census survey on SRH needs and gender equity among young people.
- We are conducting studies aimed at understanding the role of men in abortion stigma and postabortion contraceptive use in Mexico City.
- With colleagues at the World Health Organization in 2009, we carried out an important secondary study for forthcoming operations research to introduce the HPV vaccine as part of an integrated package of adolescent health services in Mexico, Panama, and Peru.
- Through membership on the Harvard School of Public Health's Cross-national Initiative on Place, Migration, and Health (CIPMH), we are committed to understanding the links between migration processes and the health of Mexican immigrants/migrants, their families, and their sending/receiving communities.
- A recently completed qualitative study in four Mexican cities assessed the SRH experiences and barriers to care from the perspectives of women living with HIV and a sample of their healthcare providers and revealed a lack of SRH and HIV service integration and persistent HIV-related stigma in the health system. In December 2010, together with local partners, we will convene a meeting with healthcare officials, study participants, and advocates to create strategies for improving health care for HIV-positive women.
- A study among Mexican migrant men residing in Texas found moderate reported risk factors for HIV infection and substance abuse and lends evidence for future studies with migrants.
Reproductive Health
Reproductive Health and Poverty, Gender, and Youth
Reproductive Health and HIV
Projects
Assessing the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs and Experiences of Indigenous Youth in Oaxaca (more)
Drawing on lessons from safe spaces programs in other countries, Council researchers will assess the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs of indigenous youth in Oaxaca and pilot a youth empowerment project to improve their SRH, gender equity, and leadership skills.
(1/2009 - 12/2011)
Sexual and gender-based violence; Sexuality education; Social isolation/support
Studies on Magnesium Sulfate Use to Manage Severe Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia in Oaxaca State, Mexico (more)
The Population Council is conducting research on the use and barriers to use of magnesium sulfate for cases of severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in Oaxaca.
(1/2009 - 12/2011)
Safe pregnancy, antenatal, and delivery care
Health Providers' Opinions of and Experiences with Legal Abortion in Mexico City (more)
Population Council researchers conducted in-depth interviews with health care providers to explore their experiences with and opinions of legal abortion.
(12/2008 - 8/2009)
Safe abortion and postabortion care
Increasing Awareness of Emergency Contraception in Marginalized Communities in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico (more)
Council researchers are collaborating on a study to increase awareness about emergency contraception among marginalized communities in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
(9/2007 - 3/2009)
Access to contraceptive methods
Public Opinion About the Legalization of Abortion in Mexico City (more)
Council researchers conducted three representative abortion public opinion studies among Mexico City residents just prior to and one and two years after the groundbreaking legalization of abortion.
(4/2007 - 5/2009)
Safe abortion and postabortion care
Regional Meeting: Including HPV Vaccine Delivery in Reproductive Health Services in Latin America (more)
The Population Council collaborated with the World Health Organization to convene a Latin America and the Caribbean regional meeting to share information on country programs for adolescent health, sexual and reproductive health, cervical cancer prevention, and HPV vaccine introduction in Colombia, Mexico, Panama, and Peru.
(1/2009 - 6/2009)
Integrating health services; RTIs/STIs
Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Women Living with HIV in Mexico (more)
The Population Council conducted a qualitative study among HIV-infected women and their health care providers in Mexico.
(1/2008 - 6/2009)
HIV care, support, and treatment; PMTCT and pediatric HIV; Stigma and discrimination
Use of Magnesium Sulfate for Severe Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia in Mexico (more)
Council researchers are conducting a study on the use of magnesium sulfate for pregnant women with pre-eclampsia or eclampsia in Mexico.
(1/2007 - 12/2009)
Safe pregnancy, antenatal, and delivery care
Using Research and Related Evaluation and Dissemination Activities to Strengthen the Mexican '"Building a Pro-Choice Alliance" Consortium (more)
Working with the "Building a Pro-Choice Alliance" Consortium in Mexico, the Council is identifying emblematic cases of abortion service denial, promoting the use of health indicators for legal abortion when pregnancy represents a risk, and building strategies to improve access to medical abortion.
(1/2007 - 12/2009)
Maternal and newborn health; Population policy and demographic analysis; Safe abortion and postabortion care
Women's Experiences with Legal Abortion in Mexico City (more)
Council researchers conducted in-depth interviews with women who accessed legal abortion in Mexico City clinics.
(9/2008 - 3/2009)
Safe abortion and postabortion care
Estimating the Incidence of Induced Abortion in Mexico (more)
Council researchers studied the incidence of induced abortion in Mexico.
(7/2006 - 12/2007)
Safe abortion and postabortion care
Introducing Emergency Contraception in the Mexican Family Planning Norm (more)
Council researchers described how emergency contraception was included in the Mexican Family Planning Norm in order to better understand the barriers and opportunities for getting other essential women’s health drugs approved.
(1/2005 - 12/2007)
Access to contraceptive methods
Resources
Featured publication
Population Council in Mexico (PDFs: A4 and letter; en español)
Country profile
Publication date: 2012
Kendall,Tamil; van Dijk,Marieke G.; Wilson,Katherine; Picasso,Nizarindandi; Lara,Diana K.; Garcia,Sandra G.
Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care 23(5): 377-387
Publication date: 2012
Abusive head trauma at a tertiary care children's hospital in Mexico City: A preliminary study
Diaz-Olavarrieta,Claudia; Garcia-Pina,Corina A.; Loredo-Abdala,Arturo; Paz,Francisco; Garcia,Sandra G.; Schillman,Astrid
Child Abuse and Neglect 35(11): 915-923
Publication date: 2011
Clients' perceptions of the quality of care in Mexico City's public sector legal abortion program (abstract) (HTML)
Becker,Davida; Diaz-Olavarrieta,Claudia; Juarez,Clara; Garcia,Sandra G.; Sanhueza,Patricio; Harper,Cynthia C.
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 37(4): 191-201
Publication date: 2011
Detailing impact of Mexico's landmark legislation (PDF)
Population Briefs 17(3)
Publication date: 2011
How often and under which circumstances do Mexican pharmacy vendors recommend misoprostol to induce an abortion? (abstract) (HTML)
Lara,Diana K.; Garcia,Sandra G.; Wilson,Kate S.; Paz,Francisco
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 37(2): 75-83
Publication date: 2011
Informe años dos Movil.com: Evaluación de la línea final resumen de hallazgos principales (PDF)
Sorhaindo,Annik; Contreras,Xipatl; Wilson,Kate S.; Garcia,Sandra G.
Publication date: 2011
Managing unplanned pregnancies in five countries: Perspectives on contraception and abortion decisions (abstract)
Tsui,Amy Ong; Casterline,John B.; Singh,Susheela; Bankole,Akinrinola; Moore,Ann M.; Omideyi,Adekunbi; Palomino Ramirez,Nancy; Sathar,Zeba A.; Juarez,Fatima; Shellenberg,Kristen M.
Global Public Health 6(suppl. 1): S21-S24
Publication date: 2011
Social stigma and disclosure about induced abortion: Results from an exploratory study (abstract)
Shellenberg,Kristen M.; Moore,Ann M.; Bankole,Akinrinola; Juarez,Fatima; Omideyi,Adekunbi; Palomino Ramirez,Nancy; Sathar,Zeba A.; Singh,Susheela; Tsui,Amy Ong
Global Public Health 6(suppl. 1): S111-S125
Publication date: 2011
Sociodemographic factors associated with obstacles to abortion care: Findings from a survey of abortion patients in Mexico City (abstract)
Becker,Davida; Diaz-Olavarrieta,Claudia; Juarez,Clara; Garcia,Sandra G.; Sanhueza Smith,Patricio; Harper,Cynthia C.
Women's Health Issues 21(3S): S16-S20
Publication date: 2011
Abortion and women's roles in society: Opinions from Tlaxcala, Mexico (abstract)
Palermo,Tia; Wilson,Kate S.; Garcia,Sandra G.; Diaz-Olavarrieta,Claudia
Salud Pública de México 52(1): 54-62
Publication date: 2010
Clinical characteristics of fatalities due to influenza A (H1N1) virus in Mexico (abstract)
Fajardo-Dolci,German; Gutierrez-Vega,Rafael; Arboleya-Casanova,Heberto; Villalobos,Aremis; Wilson,Kate S.; Garcia,Sandra G.; Sotelo,Julio; Cordova Villalobos,Jose; Diaz-Olavarrieta,Claudia
Thorax 65(6): 505-509
Publication date: 2010
Abortions in Mexico increased by a third in 16 years (PDF)
Population Briefs 15(1)
Publication date: 2009
Operational research for the introduction of an adolescent health package in the context of cervical cancer prevention (PDF)
van Dijk,Marieke G.; Wilson,Katherine; Diaz-Olavarrieta,Claudia; Garcia,Sandra G.
Final meeting report
Publication date: 2009
"In brief: Facts on induced abortion in Mexico," fact sheet (PDF)
Population Council; El Colegio de México; Guttmacher Institute
Publication date: 2008
"Population Council in Mexico," fact sheet (PDF)
Publication date: 2008
Adolescentes en México. Investigación, experiencias y estrategias para mejorar su salud sexual y reproductiva
Stern,Claudio
Publication date: 2008
Estimates of induced abortion in Mexico: What's changed between 1990 and 2006? (abstract) (PDF)
Juarez,Fatima; Singh,Susheela; Garcia,Sandra G.; Diaz-Olavarrieta,Claudia
International Family Planning Perspectives 34(4): 158-168
Publication date: 2008
Knowledge and opinions of emergency contraceptive pills among female factory workers in Tijuana, Mexico (abstract)
Garcia,Sandra G.; Becker,Davida; Martinez de Castro,Marcela; Paz,Francisco; Diaz-Olavarrieta,Claudia; Acevedo-Garcia,Dolores
Studies in Family Planning 39(3): 199-210
Publication date: 2008
La siguiente generación de programas para adolescentes: satisfacer las necesidades interrelacionadas de salud, sociales y económicas del sector poblacional más vulnerable
Bruce,Judith; Stern,Claudio
from Adolescentes en México. Investigación, experiencias y estrategias para mejorar su salud sexual y reproductiva
Publication date: 2008
Abuse during pregnancy in Mexico City (abstract)
Diaz-Olavarrieta,Claudia; Paz,Francisco; Abuabara,Katrina; Martinez Ayala,H.B.; Kolstad,K.; Palermo,T.
International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 97(1): 57-64
Publication date: 2007
Council works to reduce unsafe abortion in Mexico (PDF)
Population Briefs 13(3)
Publication date: 2007
Introducción de la anticoncepción de emergencia en la Norma Oficial Mexicana de Planificación Familiar" [Introducing emergency contraception in the Mexican Family Planning Official Norm] (abstract)
Lara,Diana K.; van Dijk,Marieke G.; Garcia,Sandra G.; Grossman,Daniel
Gaceta Médica de México 143(6): 483-487
Publication date: 2007
Opinions of decision-makers on the liberalization of abortion laws in Mexico (abstract)
van Dijk,Marieke G.; Lara,Diana K.; Garcia,Sandra G.
Salud Pública de México 49(6): 394-400
Publication date: 2007
The costs of unsafe abortion in Mexico City: Research evidence to promote liberalization of abortion laws
Research Brief / Mexico, (April)
Publication date: 2007
Challenges accessing legal abortion after rape in Mexico City (abstract)
Lara,Diana K.; Garcia,Sandra G.; Ortiz,Olivia; Yam,Eileen A.
Gaceta Médica de México 142(S2): 85-89
Publication date: 2006
Migración y VIH/SIDA: Guía de apoyo para el CD-Rom interactivo
Publication date: 2006
Migrantes: Población vulnerable ante el VIH/SIDA
Publication date: 2006
'No party hat, no party': Successful condom use in sex work in Mexico and the Dominican Republic (abstract)
Garcia,Sandra G.; Yam,Eileen A.; Firestone,Michelle
Reproductive Health Matters 14(28): 53-62
Publication date: 2006
The measure of induced abortion levels in Mexico using random response technique (abstract)
Lara,Diana K.; Garcia,Sandra G.; Ellertson,Charlotte; Camlin,Carol; Suarez,Javier
Sociological Methods and Research 35(2): 279-301
Publication date: 2006
Understanding successful condom use among factory workers and students in Mexico and the Dominican Republic (abstract)
Goldman,Lisa; Richmond,Kara; Garcia,Sandra G.; Yam,Eileen A.; Becker,Davida
Gaceta Médica de México 142(S2): 117-127
Publication date: 2006
VIH/SIDA y migración México-Estados Unidos: Evidencias para enfocar la prevención (PDF)
Kendall,Tamil; Langer,Ana
from Los mexicanos de aquí y de allá: problemas comunes, pp. 139-153
Publication date: 2006
Young Mexicans' hopes and fears about abortion and abortion law: A qualitative study in two cities (abstract)
Tatum,Carrie; Garcia,Sandra G.; Yam,Eileen A.; Becker,Davida
Gaceta Médica de México 142(S2): 95-102
Publication date: 2006
"Relatoría: II reunión de investigación sobre embarazo no deseado y aborto inseguro-Desafíos de salud pública en América Latina y el Caribe" [Meeting report: Second research meeting on unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion-Public health challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean] (PDF)
Report of a meeting at El Colegio de México, Mexico City, 17-19 August 2005
Publication date: 2005
Cómo pueden las y los jóvenes comunicarse en temas de sexualidad planificación familiar [How to talk to young people about sexuality and family planning] (PDF)
Información Jóvenes Mexico (no. 3)
Publication date: 2005
Dominican Republic and Mexico: Promote condom use by emphasizing personal benefits (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 50)
Publication date: 2005
La salud reproductiva de los y las jóvenes de áreas rurales [Reproductive health of young people in rural areas] (PDF)
Información Jóvenes México (no. 2)
Publication date: 2005
Los y las jóvenes y su derecho a la planificación familiar [Young people and their right to family planning] (PDF)
Información Jóvenes México (no. 1)
Publication date: 2005
Marriage in transition: Evidence on age, education, and assets from six developing countries
Quisumbing,Agnes R.; Hallman,Kelly; Lloyd,Cynthia B.; Behrman,Jere R.; Stromquist,Nelly P.; Cohen,Barney
from The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries: Selected Studies, pp. 200-269
Publication date: 2005
Mexican physicians' knowledge and attitudes about the human papillomavirus and cervical cancer: A national survey (abstract)
Aldrich,Tess; Becker,Davida; Garcia,Sandra G.; Lara,Diana K.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases 81(2): 135-141
Publication date: 2005
Promoting informed choice: Evaluating a decision-making tool for family planning clients and providers in Mexico (abstract) (PDF)
Kim,Young-Mi; Kols,Adrienne; Martin,Antonieta; Silva,David; Rinehart,Ward; Johnson,Sarah; Church,Kathryn
International Family Planning Perspectives 31(4): 162-171
Publication date: 2005
Resultados de la encuesta de opinión Católica en México [Results of the survey of Mexican Catholics] (PDF)
Catolicas por el Derecho a Decidir; Population Council
Report summary
Publication date: 2005
Developing a supervision instrument for postabortion care in Guatemala, Bolivia and Mexico (PDF)
Brambila,Carlos
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2004
Encuesta de opinión Católica en México: Julio 2003 [Survey of Mexican Catholics: July 2003] (PDF)
Catolicas por el Derecho a Decidir; Population Council
Publication date: 2004
Iatrogenic epidemic: How health care professionals contribute to the high proportion of cesarean sections in Mexico (PDF)
Castro,Arachu; Heimburger,Angela; Langer,Ana
Working Paper on Latin America (no. 02/03-3.)
Publication date: 2004
Improving the reproductive health of youth in Mexico (PDF)
Vernon,Ricardo; Dura,Maricela
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2004
Measuring induced abortion in Mexico: A comparison of four methodologies (abstract)
Lara,Diana K.; Strickler,Jennifer; Diaz-Olavarrieta,Claudia; Ellertson,Charlotte
Sociological Methods and Research 32(4): 529-558
Publication date: 2004
Mexique: Renforcer l'éducation sur la santé de la reproduction des adolescents [Mexico: Strengthen education on adolescent reproductive health]
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 36)
Publication date: 2004
New findings from intervention research: Youth reproductive health and HIV prevention (PDF)
Publication date: 2004
Opiniones y respuestas: Resultados de una encuesta de opinión a médicos mexicanos sobre el aborto [Options and answers: Results of a survey of Mexico doctors about abortion] (PDF)
Lara,Diana K.; Goldman,Lisa; Firestone,Michelle
Publication date: 2004
Policy implications of a national public opinion survey on abortion in Mexico (abstract)
Garcia,Sandra G.; Tatum,Carrie; Becker,Davida; Swanson,Karen A.; Lockwood,Karin; Ellertson,Charlotte
Reproductive Health Matters 12(S24): 65-74
Publication date: 2004
Sociedad de Convivencia
Grupo de Trabajo sobre Derechos Sexuales
Desyres de la sexualidad (no. 13)
Publication date: 2004
Abortion in Mexico
Lara,Diana K.; Klein,Libby; Garcia,Sandra G.; Becker,Davida
Publication date: 2003
Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas de los médicos mexicanos sobre el aborto: Resultados de una encuesta nacional [Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Mexican physicians concerning abortion: Results of a national survey] (abstract)
Garcia,Sandra G.; Lara,Diana K.; Goldman,Lisa
Gaceta Médica de México 139(suppl 1): 91-102
Publication date: 2003
El aborto en México
Lara,Diana K.; Klein,Libby; Garcia,Sandra G.; Becker,Davida
Publication date: 2003
Expresiones regionales sobre Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos
Grupo de Trabajo sobre Derechos Sexuales
Desyres de la sexualidad (no. 14)
Publication date: 2003
Marriage in transition: Evidence on age, education, and assets from six developing countries (PDF)
Quisumbing,Agnes R.; Hallman,Kelly
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 183)
Publication date: 2003
Marriage in transition: Evidence on age, education, and assets from six developing countries [Arabic] (PDF)
Quisumbing,Agnes R.; Hallman,Kelly
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 183)
Publication date: 2003
Más allá de la tolerancia
Grupo de Trabajo sobre Derechos Sexuales
Desyres de la sexualidad (no. 15)
Publication date: 2003
Masculinidades y Feminismo: Entre la sexualidad, el poder y la religión
Grupo de Trabajo sobre Derechos Sexuales
Desyres de la sexualidad (no. 12)
Publication date: 2003
México: La educación en salud reproductiva del adolescente debe fortalecerse [Mexico: Strengthen education on adolescent reproductive health] (PDF)
FRONTERAS Resumen de Investigación Operativa (número 22)
Publication date: 2003
Muertes maternas por aborto y por violencia en México: narración de una experiencia en la formulación de una metodología de investigación
Espinoza,Henry; Hernandez,Bernardo; Campero,Lourdes; Walker,Dilys; Reynoso,Sofía; Langer,Ana
Perinatologia y Reproduccion Humana 17(4)
Publication date: 2003
Programming for HIV prevention in Mexican schools (PDF)
McCauley,Ann P.; Givaudan,Martha; Pick,Susan; Greene,Jessica
Horizons Research Summary
Publication date: 2003
Bridging the safe motherhood knowledge gap (PDF)
Population Briefs 8(1)
Publication date: 2002
Emergency contraception in Mexico City: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices among providers and potential clients after a 3-year introduction effort (abstract)
Heimburger,Angela; Acevedo-Garcia,Dolores; Schiavon,Raffaela; Langer,Ana; Mejia,Guillermina; Corona,Georgina; del Castillo,Eduardo; Ellertson,Charlotte
Contraception 66(5): 321-329
Publication date: 2002
Impact of supervision and self-assessment on doctor-patient communication in rural Mexico (abstract) (PDF)
Kim,Young-Mi; Figueroa,Maria Elena; Martin,Antonieta; Silva,Ricardo; Acosta,Sixto F.; Hurtado,Manuel; Richardson,Paul; Kols,Adrienne
International Journal for Quality in Health Care 14(5): 359-367
Publication date: 2002
Improving postabortion care in a public hospital in Mexico
Langer,Ana; Heimburger,Angela; Garcia-Barrios,Cecilia; Winikoff,Beverly; Haberland,Nicole; Measham,Diana
from Responding to Cairo: Case Studies of Changing Practice in Reproductive Health and Family Planning, pp. 236-256
Publication date: 2002
Information campaign and advocacy efforts to promote access to emergency contraception in Mexico (abstract)
Ellertson,Charlotte; Heimburger,Angela; Acevedo-Garcia,Dolores; Schiavon,Raffaela; Mejia,Guillermina; Corona,Georgina; del Castillo,Eduardo; Langer,Ana
Contraception 66(5): 331-337
Publication date: 2002
Knowledge and attitudes about the differences between emergency contraception and medical abortion among middle-class women and men of reproductive age in Mexico City (abstract)
Gould,Heather; Ellertson,Charlotte; Corona,Georgina
Contraception 66(6): 417-426
Publication date: 2002
Knowledge and opinions about abortion law among Mexican youth (abstract) (PDF)
Becker,Davida; Garcia,Sandra G.; Larsen,Ulla
International Family Planning Perspectives 28(4): 205-213
Publication date: 2002
La noche se hizo para los hombres. Sexualidad en los procesos de cortejo entre jóvenes campesinos y campesinas [Night was made for men: Sexuality in courtship among young peasants]
Rodriguez,Gabriela; de Keijzer,Benno
Publication date: 2002
Medicamentos para la interrupción de la gestación: Una revisión de la literatura y sus posibles implicaciones para México y América Latina [Medical methods for pregnancy termination: A review of literature and its potential role in Mexico and Latin America] (abstract)
Espinoza,Henry; Ellertson,Charlotte; Garcia,Sandra G.; Schiavon,Raffaela; Langer,Ana
Gaceta Médica de México 138(4): 347-356
Publication date: 2002
Pubertad en adolescentes femeninas Mexicanas con diabetes mellitus tipo 1 [Puberty in Mexican female adolescents with type 1 diabetes]
Altamirano,Nelly; Islas,Laura; Chable,Guillermina; Patrana,Yadira; Villegas,Laura; Valdarrama,Alejandro; del Carmen Angeles,Maria; Schiavon,Raffaela; Jimenez,Cesar; de la Ruiz,Maria; Robles,Carlos; Calzada,Raul
Acta Pediátrica de México 23(6): 422-422
Publication date: 2002
¿Qué piensan y opinan y los mexicanos sobre el aborto? Resultados de una encuesta nacional de opinión pública [What are the knowledge and opinions of Mexican men and women regarding abortion? Findings from a national survey]
Garcia,Sandra G.; Becker,Davida
Publication date: 2001
¿Qué vínculos existen entre la investigación y la política? (PDF)
Population Briefs, December 2001 (Spanish edition)
Publication date: 2001
Géneros y Generaciones. Etnografía de las relaciones entre hombres y mujeres de la ciudad de México
Modena,Maria Eugenia; Mendoza,Zuanilda
Publication date: 2001
Hospitales de América Latina mejoran la atención post-aborto (PDF)
Population Briefs, December 2001 (Spanish edition)
Publication date: 2001
Informar a las mujeres reduce la selección inadecuada del DIU (PDF)
Population Briefs, December 2001 (Spanish edition)
Publication date: 2001
Reducing HIV infection among youth: What can schools do? Key baseline findings from Mexico, South Africa, and Thailand (PDF)
Stewart,Holley; McCauley,Ann P.; Baker,Simon; Givaudan,Martha; James,Shegs; Leenen,Iwin; Pick,Susan; Reddy,Priscilla; Rewthong,Usasinee; Rumakom,Patchara; Walker,Dilys
Horizons Report
Publication date: 2001
Vinculación de la reforma del sector salud con la salud reproductiva (PDF)
Population Briefs, December 2001 (Spanish edition)
Publication date: 2001
Virginidad e Iniciaión Sexual en México. Experiencias y significados
Amuchastegui,Ana
Publication date: 2001
A study on maternal mortality in Mexico through a qualitative approach (abstract)
Castro,Roberto; Campero,Lourdes; Hernandez,Bernardo; Langer,Ana
Journal of Women's Health and Gender-Based Medicine 9(6): 679-690
Publication date: 2000
Educating women reduces inappropriate IUD selection [Arabic] (PDF)
Population Briefs 6(4)
Publication date: 2000
Men's attitudes toward vaginal product use: Farmers and taxi drivers in Mexico
Coggins,Christiana; Madrigal,Mauricio Ramos; Llamas,Alicia
Publication date: 2000
Men's attitudes towards a potential vaginal microbicide in Zimbabwe, Mexico and the USA (abstract)
Coggins,Christiana; Blanchard,Kelly; Friedland,Barbara A.
Reproductive Health Matters 8(15): 132-141
Publication date: 2000
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Health Sector Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges and Opportunities
Langer,Ana; Nigenda,Gustavo; Garcia,Sandra G.; Valdez,Rosario; Orozco,Emanuel; Catino,Jennifer
Publication date: 2000
The power of information and contraceptive choice in a family planning setting in Mexico (abstract)
Lazcano Ponce,Eduardo C.; Sloan,Nancy L.; Winikoff,Beverly; Langer,Ana; Coggins,Christiana; Heimburger,Angela; Conde-Glez,Carlos J.; Salmeron,Jorge
Sexually Transmitted Infections 76(4): 277-281
Publication date: 2000
Emergency contraception in Mexico City: What do health care providers and potential users know and think about it (abstract)
Langer,Ana; Harper,Cynthia C.; Garcia-Barrios,Cecilia; Schiavon,Raffaela; Heimburger,Angela; Elul,Batya; Delgado,Sofia Reynoso; Ellertson,Charlotte
Contraception 60(4): 233-241
Publication date: 1999
Estimating costs of postabortion services at Dr. Aurelio Valdivieso General Hospital, Oaxaca, Mexico
Brambila,Carlos; Langer,Ana; Garcia-Barrios,Cecilia; Heimburger,Angela; Huntington,Dale; Piet-Pelon,Nancy J.
from Postabortion Care: Lessons from Operations Research, pp. 108-124
Publication date: 1999
Estimating costs of post-abortion services. General Hospital Aurelia Valdivieso, Oaxaca, Mexico (PDF)
INOPAL III Final Report
Publication date: 1999
Hacia una maternidad sin riesgos: acciones para México en el contexto internacional [Toward motherhood without risks: Actions for Mexico in an international context]
Langer,Ana; del Carmen Elu,Maria; Santos,Elsa
from Una nueva mirada a la mortalidad materna en México [A new look at maternal mortality in Mexico], pp. 29-40
Publication date: 1999
How do researchers influence decision-makers? Case studies of Mexican policies on AIDS, cholera, family planning, and immunization (abstract)
Trostle,James A.; Bronfman,Mario; Langer,Ana
Health Policy and Planning 14(2): 103-114
Publication date: 1999
Identifying interventions to prevent maternal mortality in Mexico: A verbal autopsy study
Langer,Ana; Hernandez,Bernardo; Garcia-Barrios,Cecilia; Saldana-Uranga,Gloria Luz; Berer,Marge; Ravindran,T.K.Sundari
from Safe Motherhood Initiatives: Critical Issues, pp. 127-136
Publication date: 1999
Improving postabortion care with limited resources in a public hospital in Oaxaca, Mexico
Langer,Ana; Garcia-Barrios,Cecilia; Heimburger,Angela; Campero,Lourdes; Stein,Karen; Winikoff,Beverly; Barahona,Vilma; Huntington,Dale; Piet-Pelon,Nancy J.
from Postabortion Care: Lessons from Operations Research, pp. 80-107
Publication date: 1999
Mexico: Informing service providers and factory workers about emergency contraception (PDF)
Vernon,Ricardo
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 1999
Mexico: Protecting informed consent (PDF)
Santos,Elsa; Llaguno,Silvia Elena; Vernon,Ricardo
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 1999
Mexico: Training health providers on domestic violence (PDF)
Pick,Susan; Miranda,Lydia
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 1999
Reassessment of migration and urbanization in Mexico in the XXth century
Brambila,Carlos; Bilsborrow,Richard E.
from Migration, Urbanization and Development: New Directions and Issues, pp. 393-433
Publication date: 1999
Alone, I wouldn´t have known what to do: A qualitative study on social support during labor and delivery in Mexico (abstract)
Campero,Lourdes; Garcia-Barrios,Cecilia; Diaz,Carmen; Ortiz,Olivia; Reynoso,Sofía; Langer,Ana
Social Science and Medicine 47(3): 395-403
Publication date: 1998
Do Population Policies Matter? Fertility and Politics in Egypt, India, Kenya, and Mexico
Publication date: 1998
Effects of psychosocial support during labour and childbirth on breastfeeding, medical interventions, and mothers' wellbeing in a Mexican public hospital: A randomised controlled trial (abstract)
Langer,Ana; Campero,P.; Garcia-Barrios,Cecilia; Reynoso,Sofía
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and GynaecologyBJOG: An Internal Journal of Obs Gyn 105(10): 1056-1063
Publication date: 1998
Emergency contraception as an element in the care of rape victims (PDF)
Vernon,Ricardo; Schiavon,Raffaela; Llaguno,Silvia Elena
INOPAL III Final Report
Publication date: 1997
Gente Joven: Un diálogo sobre la sexualidad con adolescentes mexicanos
Marques,Magaly; Paxman,John M.; Bruce,Judith
Quality/Calidad/Qualité (no. 5)
Publication date: 1996
Reproductive tract infection. Lessons learned from the field: Where do we go from here? (PDF)
Grant,Jennifer; Measham,Diana
Robert H. Ebert Program on Critical Issues in Reproductive Health Publication Series
Publication date: 1996
Gente Joven/Young People: A dialogue on sexuality with adolescents in Mexico
Marques,Magaly; Paxman,John M.; Bruce,Judith
Quality/Calidad/Qualité (no. 5)
Publication date: 1993
Community management of waste recycling: The SIRDO
Schmink,Marianne
SEEDS (no. 8)
Publication date: 1984
Mexico Fast Facts
| Population (millions) | 116.1 |
|---|---|
| Total fertility rate | 2.3 |
| Infant deaths per 1,000 live births | 15 |
| Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births | 85 |
| Girls aged 20-24 married by age 18 (%) | 23 |
| HIV/AIDS prevalence (%) | 0.3 |
| Living below US $2 per day (%) | 9 |
Country statistics from Demographic and Health Surveys, 1987–2011; UNAIDS and UNICEF websites (accessed 10/22/2012); "World Population Data Sheet" (Population Reference Bureau, 2012) | |
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