FRONTIERS
Research Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Publications/Resources
Council researchers' names appear in boldface type.

2008
Bratt, John, Rick Homan, Barbara Janowitz, and James Foreit. "Financial capacity building for NGO sustainability," FRONTIERS Program Brief no. 12. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 2.2 MB)

2006
Bruce, Egbert, Daniel Mensah, John Idun, Francis Ashabley, James Foreit, and Philomena Nyarko. "Face-to-face complementary selling of health products in Ghana," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 93 KB)

Janowitz, Barbara. "Make better use of provider time in public health clinics," FRONTIERS Program Brief no. 7. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 2 MB)

Munguti, Nzoya, Moses Mokua, Rick Homan, and Harriet Birungi. "Cost analysis of reproductive heath services in PCEA Chogoria Hospital, Kenya," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 89 KB)

2005
Mugumya, Nicholas, Juliana Nyombi, Michael Matsiko, Rick Homan, Harriet Birungi, and Nzoya Munguti. "Cost of training programs and willingness to pay for training: an application of break-even analysis in Uganda," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 229 KB)

2004
Foreit, Karen G. Fleischman and James R. Foreit. "Willingness to pay surveys for setting prices for reproductive health products and services: A user’s manual," (revised edition). FRONTIERS Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.4 MB) (PDF en français) (PDF en español)

2003
"Expanding capacity for operations research in reproductive health: Summary report of a consultative meeting," report of a meeting co-sponsored by Population Council/FRONTIERS and WHO, Geneva, Switzerland, 10–12 December 2001. Geneva: WHO. (PDF, 2.7 MB)

Marin, M. Celeste and Jane T. Bertrand. "Evaluating operations research utilization: Guidelines for assessing process and impact," FRONTIERS Report. Washington, DC: Population Council.  (PDF, 721 KB)

"Using operations research to strengthen programmes for encouraging abandonment of female genital cutting: Report of a consultative meeting on methodological issues for FGC research, April 9–11, 2002, Nairobi, Kenya," FRONTIERS Report. Nairobi: Population Council. (PDF, 543 KB)

2002
Fisher, Andrew A. and James  R. Foreit. Designing HIV/AIDS Intervention Studies: An Operations Research Handbook. New York: Population Council. (full text)

2001
Foreit, James R. et Tomas Frejka, eds. La recherche opérationnelle en planification familiale: Un recueil d'articles. New York: Population Council. (PDF, 25.98 MB, 447 pp.)

1999
"Strengthening reproductive health services in Africa through operations research," Africa OR/TA Project II Final Report. Nairobi: Population Council. (PDF, 1.7 MB)

1998
Fisher, Andrew A., John E. Laing, John E. Stoeckel, and John W. Townsend. Handbook for Family Planning Operations Research Design. New York: Population Council. (PDF, 5.79 MB, 84 pp.)

Foreit, James R. and Tomas Frejka (eds.) Family Planning Operations Research: A Book of Readings. New York: Population Council. (PDF, 22.13 MB, 389 pp.)

1994
Janowitz, Barbara and John H. Bratt. "Methods for costing family planning services." New York and Research Triangle Park, NC: United Nations Population Fund and Family Health International. (PDF, 566 KB)

Copies of conference reports, summaries, program briefs, and research updates are available free of charge. Contact frontiers@popcouncil.org. FRONTIERS publications are also available on the USAID/DEC Web site, www.dec.org.

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