Frontiers in Reproductive Health | Publications/Resources

FRONTIERS
Reports
Council researchers' names appear in boldface type.

2008
Abdi, Maryam Sheikh. “A religious oriented approach to addressing FGM/C among the Somali community of Wajir, Kenya,” FRONTIERS Report. Nairobi: Population Council. (updated May 2008) (PDF, 518 KB)

2007
Askew, Ian. “Achieving synergies in prevention through linking sexual and reproductive health and HIV services,” in Proceedings of the International Conference on Actions to Strengthen Linkages between Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS, Mumbai, India, 4–8 February. (PDF, 111 KB)

Askew, Ian and Humphres Evelia. “Mainstreaming and scaling up the Kenya Adolescent Reproductive Health Project,” FRONTIERS Report. Nairobi: Population Council. (PDF, 229 KB)

Banik, Koli. "Assessment: FRONTIERS small grants program," FRONTIERS Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 343 KB)

Birungi, Harriet. “HIV/AIDS programming and sexuality of young people perinatally infected with HIV,” in Proceedings of the International Conference on Actions to Strengthen Linkages between Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS, Mumbai, India, 4–8 February. (PDF, 87 KB)

Diop, Nafissatou J. and Anta Fall Diagne. "Mainstreaming adolescent reproductive health in Senegal: Enhancing utilization of the findings from the youth reproductive health project," FRONTIERS Report. Dakar: Population Council (PDF, 240 KB)

Erulkar, Annabel and Francis Ayuka. "Addressing early marriage in areas of high HIV prevalence: A program to delay marriage and support married girls in rural Nyanza, Kenya," Promoting Healthy, Safe, and Productive Transitions to Adulthood Brief no. 19. New York, NY: Population Council. (PDF, 1.06 MB)

"Evaluation of the prevalence, typology, and complications of female genital cutting in patients of Bazega Health Clinics,” OR/TA II Final Report (1998 report translated from the French). Ouagadougou: Population Council, Ministry of Health, Direction of Family Health, Unit for Teaching and Demographic Research, Mwangaza. (PDF)

“Evaluation of the strategies to convert female circumcisers in order to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM),” OR/TA II Final Report (1998 report translated from the French). Bamako: Population Council, Republic of Mali, Ministry of Secondary and Higher Education and Scientific Research. (PDF)

Kenya Ministry of Health. "Management of complications, pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period in the presence of FGM/C: A reference manual for health service providers." Nairobi: Division of Reproductive Health, Ministry of Health. (PDF, 1.2 MB)

Sangaré, Madina, Fatoumata Tandia, Keita Attaher Touré, Nafissatou J. Diop, Fatoumata Traoré, Habibatou Diallo, Ousmane Traoré, Aissa Haidara Touré, Youssouf Diallo. “Study of the effectiveness of training Malian social and health agents in female genital cutting issues and in educating their clients,” OR/TA II Final Report (1998 report translated from the French). Bamako: Division of Family and Community Health, Population Council, Association for the Support and Development of Population Activities. (PDF)

2006
Feldman-Jacobs, Charlotte and Sarah Ryanick (eds.). "Abandoning female genital mutilation/cutting: An in-depth look at promising practices." Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau. (PDF)

UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction. "Turning research into practice: Suggested actions from case-studies of sexual and reproductive health." Geneva: World Health Organization, Department of Reproductive Health and Research. (PDF)

2005
World Health Organization, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, Family Health International, and FRONTIERS. Sexually Transmitted and Other Reproductive Tract Infections: A Guide to Essential Practice. Geneva: World Health Organization (PDF, 7 MB)

2004
Global
Askew, Ian D., Zoë Matthews, and Rachel Partridge. "Going beyond research," report from the Moving Beyond Research to Influence Policy Workshop, University of Southampton, 23–24 January 2001. Southampton, United Kingdom: University of Southampton. (PDF, 550 KB) (hard copy available upon request)

Le Comité de l’Initiative Francophone de soins après avortement (SAA). 2004. “Questions aux soins après avortement : extension des services en Afrique francophone.” Washington, DC: USAID/AFR/SD et SARA/AED. (PDF, 3.4 MB)

"New findings from intervention research: Youth reproductive health and HIV prevention," report of a meeting co-sponsored by Population Council/FRONTIERS, Horizons/Population Council, and YouthNet/Family Health International, Washington, DC, 9 September 2003. Arlington, VA: Family Health International. (PDF, 483 KB)

Postabortion Care (PAC) Initiative for Francophone Africa Committee. "Issues in postabortion care: Scaling-up services in Francophone Africa." Washington, DC: USAID/AFR/SD and SARA/AED. (PDF, 4 MB)

Wood, Kate and Peter Aggleton. "Promoting young people's sexual and reproductive health: Stigma, discrimination and human rights," report of a meeting co-sponsored by the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID)–supported Safe Passages to Adulthood Programme, John Snow International, Family Health International/YouthNet, and the Population Council/FRONTIERS, Brighton, England, 5–7 June 2003. Southampton, United Kingdom: Safe Passages to Adulthood, University of Southampton. (PDF, 392 KB)

India
The Population Council, CARE, and the Centre for Operations Research and Training. "Integrating adolescent livelihood activities within a reproductive health program for urban slum dwellers in India," Report. New Delhi: Population Council. (PDF, 330 KB)

2003
Interregional
"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)

"Using operations research to strengthen programmes for encouraging abandonment of female genital cutting," FRONTIERS Report. Nairobi: Population Council. (PDF, 543 KB)

Peru
León, Federico R., Alex Ríos, Adriana Zumarán, and John H. Bratt. "La estrategia de consejería balanceada" [The balanced counseling strategy], FRONTIERS Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 450 KB)

South Africa
Janowitz, Barbara, Carmen Cuthbertson, Mags Beksinska, and Queen Nomsa Cebekhulu. "The costs of programmes at selected youth centres in South Africa," FRONTIERS Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 687 KB)

2002
Regional
"Best practices in CBD programs in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons learned from research and evaluation," report from a conference, Washington, DC, 2 December 2002. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 505 KB)

Costa Rica
"Workshop on utilization of research results, San Jose, Costa Rica, June 4–7, 2002," FRONTIERS Report. Mexico City: Population Council. (PDF, 678 KB)

Honduras
"Investigación operativa: Mejorar la salud reproductiva" [Operations research: Improving reproductive health], FRONTIERS Report. Mexico City: Population Council. (PDF, 483 KB)

2001
Kenya
Maggwa, Baker Ndugga, Ian D. Askew, Elizabeth Mugwe, Bilhah Hagembe, and Rick Homan. "A case study of Nairobi City Council's decentralised syphillis screening program in antenatal clinics," FRONTIERS Report. Nairobi: Population Council. (PDF, 127 KB)

1999
"Reproductive tract infections: A set of factsheets," report. Bangkok: Population Council. (full text) (PDF, 309 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.