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These releases are issued by the Population Council or by partner agencies who are commenting on Council-related research and programs.

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

Global Marketing, Investment Experts Join Population Council Board of Trustees (19 Dec)

Analysis Finds One-third of Nigerian Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) Experience Internalized Homophobia (7 Dec)

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

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

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

Commitment in Support of the Global Effort to Provide Lifesaving Contraceptives, Information, and Services to 120 Million Women in the Developing World by 2020 (11 Jul)

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

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

Regional Consultation Issues a Call to Increase Investments in Maternal Health in Latin America and the Caribbean (también en español) (8 Jun)

Population Council Mexico Office Collaborating on Regional Conference: "Maternal Health in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Unfinished Agenda" (1 Jun)

United States Senate Passes Legislation to Prevent Child Marriage (25 May)

Population Council Applauds FDA Committee Recommendation on PrEP for HIV Prevention (10 May)

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

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

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

Unintended Consequences of U.S. Immigration Policy: Explaining the Post-1965 Surge from Latin America (20 Mar)

Council Applauds New USAID Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy (7 Mar)

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

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

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

Open Data Journalism Conference in Ghana (15 Nov 2011)

Leveling the Playing Field: Empowering Girls through Innovative Sports Programs

What Have We Really Learned About HIV and Hormonal Contraception This Week? (7 Oct)

Empowering Girls: Where Change Is Happening; Where Change Is Needed (22 Sep)

Susan Greenhalgh wins the Olivia Schieffelin Nordberg Award for excellence in writing and editing in the population sciences (9 Sep)

Discovery Advances Knowledge About Link Between Herpes and HIV Infection (30 Jun)

Economic recession has put a brake to the recent increase in fertility rates across Europe and in the United States (28 Jun)

USAID Addresses Abuse and Neglect of Women During Childbirth (6 May)

"An Island of Liberty": Legal Abortion in Mexico City

Truvada Trial Among Women Discontinued

How Many Will We Be? Are Population Estimates Off the Mark? (20 Feb)

Action Alert: Call the Capitol Today and Speak Up for Women and Families

Study Shows Personal Lubricants Amplify HIV Replication and Cause Rectal Tissue Damage In Vitro (17 Feb)

Vaginal Microbicide Shown Effective in Laboratory Study (5 Jan)

 

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These releases and statements are issued by the Population Council or by partner agencies who are commenting on Council-related research and programs.

2009 Survey of Young People in Egypt: Final Results (14 Dec)

Breakthrough in HIV Prevention Research (23 Nov)

Statement: Results from a Contraceptive Gel Study (18 Nov)

Statement: Forty Years of Contraceptive Development (12 Nov)

Bangladesh Country Director Ubaidur Rob Presents Findings of Innovative Project in Bangladesh (4 Oct)

Empowering and Protecting Adolescent Girls in Haiti (21 Sep)

Agreement Signed Between Government of Southern Sudan and Population Council (Aug)

Howard Cox Joins Population Council Board of Trustees (19 Aug)

Population Council IT Director Stan Mierzwa Recognized for Development of Interviewing Software (17 Aug)

Non-Council release: Young, Unmarried Women in India Face Obstacles to Obtaining Early Abortion Services (28 Jul)

Breakthrough in Microbicide Research (19 Jul)

Population Council President Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Mahidol University (6 Jul)

Population Council Honors Mexico City Leadership for Commitment to Improving Women's Reproductive Health (24 Jun)

Non-Council release: Iran and the Link Between Education and Democracy (22 June)

Non-Council release: Council senior scientist Marc Goldstein is co-author of A Baby At Last! The Couples' Complete Guide to Getting Pregnant—from Cutting-Edge Treatments to Commonsense Wisdom, newly published by Fireside Books/A Simon & Schuster Paperback (15 Jun)

Donor Assistance to the Developing World Should Recognize that Prevention Is the Only Sustainable, Ethical Way to Control AIDS, Say Leading International Development Scholars (11 Jun)

Demography Textbook Fills Gap in the Arabic Academic Library (10 Jun)

Egyptian First Lady Suzanne Mubarak Visits Ishraq Girls in Fayoum (3 Jun)

Minister of State for Family and Population Signs Tripartite Agreement with National Council for Youth and Population Council for Expansion of Ishraq Project (May)

Microbicides from A to Z (20 May)

Population Council Selects Babatunde Ahonsi to Direct Its Nigeria Office (7 May)

Statement: 50th Anniversary of the Birth Control Pill (6 May)

Statement: Good News: Pregnancy and Childbirth Becoming Safer for Women Worldwide (3 May)

Building Research Capacity on Gender and Work in the MENA Region (15 Mar)

Non-Council release: Youngest Americans at Forefront of Rapid Changes in U.S. Demographic Makeup, New Research Finds (10 Mar)

Watson Licenses Population Council’s Novel Contraceptive Ring (1 Mar)

Council Activities Included in Kenya’s Best Practices Compendium (24 Feb)

Survey on Young People in Egypt—2009 (15 Feb)

Announcement: Welcome to Our New Web Site! (2 Feb)

Statement: Good News About AIDS . . . But Why? (22 Jan)

Antares Pharma and Population Council Announce Positive Phase 2 Trial Results (11 Jan)

US Government Rejoins Worldwide Reproductive Health Consensus (8 Jan)

 

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These releases are issued by the Population Council or by partner agencies who are commenting on Council-related research and programs.

Trial Finds Microbicide Ineffective as HIV Prevention Method for Women (14 Dec)

Population Council Applauds Lifting of HIV Travel Ban (3 Nov)

Sheldon J. Segal, Distinguished, Dedicated, and Decorated Scientist and Beloved Friend, Dies (19 Oct)

Population Council Researchers Share Findings from Gender, Reproductive Health, HIV, Urbanization Studies, and More at IUSSP International Population Conference (21 Sep)

Population Council Endocrinologist Régine Sitruk-Ware Recognized for Contraception Research for Perimenopausal Women (17 Aug)

Role of Population Council in Pakistan Recognized by the Prime Minister (11 Jul)

The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Population Council Support the Expansion of the Ishraq Program for Out-of-School Girls in Rural Upper Egypt (29 Jun)

Commonly Used Chemicals Associated with Low Birth Weight (25 Jun)

Unprecedented Scale-Up of Voluntary Male Circumcision Begins in Swaziland, Zambia (11 Jun)

Samuel H. Preston Wins Olivia Schieffelin Nordberg Award for Excellence in Writing and Editing in the Population Sciences (8 Jun)

Africa's Future: Improving the Health of Mothers and Children (2 Jun)

Antares Pharma and Population Council Announce Preliminary Positive Phase 2 Trial Results (15 May)

International Family Planning Programs: Myths v. Facts (9 Apr)

Violence Prevention Conference Brings Together International Leaders (8 Apr)

 

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