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Ethel Churchill Wins the Olivia Schieffelin Nordberg Award for Excellence in Writing and Editing in the Population Sciences (25 September)

Population Council Launches New Report on Postabortion Care in Pakistan (23 August)

International Union for the Scientific Study of Population Names John Bongaarts 2013 Laureate (21 August)

Pioneering Research Shows Integrated Services Can Enhance Global HIV and Family Planning Efforts (9 August)

Population Council Statement on the Results of CDC's Bangkok Tenofovir Study (13 June)

Research Reveals New Positive Insight into Girls' Migration (14 May)

Population Council Welcomes Landis MacKellar as Co-Editor of Population and Development Review (20 March)

Population Council Statement on VOICE Trial Results by Vice President Naomi Rutenberg (4 March)

Population and Development Review Releases Supplement on Population and Public Policy (11 February)

New Leadership at the Population Council's Mexico Office (5 February)

New Leadership at the Population Council's India Office (10 January 2013)

Population Council’s Patricia C. Vaughan Joins Board of Directors of the African Population and Health Research Center (19 December 2012)

New Initiative Expands Access to Population Council–Developed Contraceptive Jadelle (26 September)

Animal Study Finds Anti-HIV Vaginal Ring Can Prevent Virus Transmission (5 September)

Population Council Wins InsideNGO's Inaugural Service to the Community Award (7 August)

The Population Council's Global Effort to Provide Lifesaving Contraceptives, Information, and Services to 120 Million Women in the Developing World by 2020 (11 July)

Bellagio Consensus: Recommendations for Action to Increase Access to Highly Effective, Long-Acting, Reversible Contraception (9 July)

New Population Council Book: Family Planning Improves Health, Boosts Economies (2 July)

New Leadership at the Population Council's Senegal Office (20 April)

Population Council Applauds Melinda Gates Focus on Family Planning (5 April)

One in Five Women Reports Disrespectful or Humiliating Treatment During Childbirth at Kenya Hospitals and Clinics (22 March)

New Leadership at the Population Council's Zambia Office (17 February)

WHO Announcement on Injectable Contraception and HIV a Responsible Step Forward (16 February)

New Leadership at the Population Council's Kenya Office (13 February 2012)

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