REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Contraception

The Population Council conducts research to develop contraceptives as well as to better understand the factors influencing access to and decisionmaking around contraceptives.

Projects

• Assessment of Trends in IUD Use
• Community-based Distribution of Contraceptives
• Emergency Contraception
• Bangladesh: Improving Access to Reproductive Health Information and Condom Services for Male Youth

• Pakistan: Pilot Study of Contraception and Abortion in Five Country Settings

• FRONTIERS projects
  • Interregional: Production of an Emergency Contraception Guidance Tool and Summary Article
  • Bangladesh: Introducing Emergency Contraception (EC) in Bangladesh
  • Bangladesh: Scaling Up Emergency Contraceptive Pills to the National Level in Bangladesh
  • Dominican Republic: Contraceptive Services in Postpartum, Postabortion, and PMTCT Programs
  • Dominican Republic: Understanding Successful Condom Use in the Dominican Republic
  • Egypt: An Assessment of the Egyptian Norplant® Program
  • Egypt: Counseling Family Planning Clients About Sexuality and the Use of Barrier Methods: An Exploratory Intervention Study
  • Egypt: Enhancing Correct Use of Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM) and Postabortion Use of Family Planning in Egypt
  • Ghana: Assessment of the Functioning and Effectiveness of Community-based Distribution Programs
  • Ghana: An Assessment of Trends in Intrauterine Device (IUD) Use

  • Ghana: Comparing the Effectiveness and Costs of Alternative Strategies for Improving Access to Information and Services for the IUD in Ghana

  • Ghana: National Dissemination and Utilization of Results from the Assessment of Trends in Intrauterine Device (IUD) Use in Ghana

  • Guatemala: Availability and Acceptability of Intrauterine Devices in Guatemala
  • Guatemala: Expanding Access to Vasectomy Services in Guatemala
  • Guatemala: Improving Client Informed Choice for Postpartum/Postabortion Clients
  • Guatemala: Increasing Access to Long-term Contraceptives Through the MOH in Guatemala
  • Guatemala: Informing the Medical Community in Guatemala About Emergency Contraception
  • Guatemala: Using an Algorithm to Improve Family Planning Counseling at Rural Clinics
  • Guatemala: Willingness-to-pay Study in Guatemalan Association for the Well-being of the Family (APROFAM)

  • Haiti: Situational Analysis of the Use of Contraception in Postpartum, Postabortion, and Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission

  • Honduras: Disseminating Information on the IUD in Rural Honduras

  • India: Increasing the Accessibility and Use of the IUD in India

  • India: Introducing Depo-Provera Injectable Contraceptives (DMPA) to Private Medical Practitioners in Urban Gujarat

  • India: Involving Men in Their Partners’ Antenatal and Postpartum Care

  • India: Promoting Optimal Inter-pregnancy Intervals in India Through Integrated Public Delivery Systems

  • India: Technical Assistance for Studying the Utilization of Emergency Contraceptive (EC) Services Through Paramedics

  • Indonesia: Impact of Client Communication Training on Client Participation and Contraceptive Continuation
  • Kazakhstan: Promotion of Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM) and Breastfeeding Intervention Trial
  • Mexico: Dissemination of Laws and Regulations Related to the Right to Choose a Contraceptive Method in a Free and Informed Way
  • Nepal: Improving Young Couples’ Access to and Use of Reproductive Health Information and Services
  • Nepal: Strengthening Emergency Contraception in Nepal

  • Nicaragua: Situation Analysis of the Use of Contraception in Postpartum, Postabortion, and Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission (PMTCT) Programs

  • Pakistan: Introduction of Emergency Contraception into Ministry of Health Programs

  • Peru: Monitoring Family Planning Providers’ Compliance with the Quality-of-Care Norms of Peru’s Ministry of Health

  • Philippines: Using Community Workers to Improve Men’s Reproductive Health Awareness in the Philippines
  • Russia: Testing Two Models of Postabortion Family Planning in Russia
  • Senegal: Testing a Community-based Distribution (CBD) Approach to Reproductive Health Service Delivery in Senegal

  • Zimbabwe: Reviewing and Redirecting the Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council’s (ZNFPC) Community-based Distribution (CBD) Program Toward More Cost-effective Alternatives

• Horizons projects

  • Brazil: Acceptability of the Female Condom by Sex Workers
  • Brazil: Comparison of Male and Female Condoms in Preventing Exposure to Semen During Typical Use
  • Brazil: Validation of the Accuracy of Prostate-specific Antigen Detection in Vaginal Fluids Obtained by Self-sampling as a Marker of Semen Exposure and Condom Failure
  • Dominican Republic: Evaluation of a 100-Percent Condom Use Policy in Sex Establishments
  • Ghana: Testing Prepackaged Therapy for Male Urethral Discharge Syndrome in Ghana: A Feasibility Study
  • Nigeria: Promoting Dual-Protection Practices Among Women and Their Male Partners in Ibadan, Nigeria
  • Zimbabwe: Female Condom User Study in Zimbabwe

See Also

• "Building on decades of success: Population Council continues pioneering biomedical research," 2006 fact sheet on contraceptive development (PDF)
• "Facts about emergency contraceptive pills," fact sheets in English, French, and Spanish (more)
• "In Pakistan, husbands as obstacles to contraceptive use," 2001 news release (full text)
• "Increase in effective contraceptive use can reduce abortion rate, say two leading demographers," 2000 news release (full text)
• Contraceptive Development
• Expanding Contraceptive Choice

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This page updated 14 March 2008

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