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New Reproductive Health
Director Honored by USAID
John W. Townsend has been
named recipient of the 2006 Marjorie Horn Operations Research Award for
excellence in implementation of program research and use of research
results for program improvement. He is being acknowledged for his
outstanding commitment, leadership, and vision in promoting family
planning and reproductive health programs through operations research;
his support for building the capacity of researchers and institutions in
developing countries; and his perseverance in working to ensure the
application of research results throughout Asia, Africa, and Latin
America and the Caribbean.
Presented annually
by the United States Agency for International Development, the prize is
named for USAID’s former deputy chief of the Research, Technology, and
Utilization Division, who held the post prior to her death in September
2002. Council senior associate James F. Phillips received the Marjorie
Horn award in 2004.
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