About | Employment | Media Center | Staff | Events | Contacts | Espańol | Français | اللغة العربية
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
Pakistan: Pilot Study of Contraception and Abortion in Five Country Settings
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
Haiti: Situational Analysis of the Use of Contraception in Postpartum, Postabortion, and Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission
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 ParamedicsIndonesia: Impact of Client Communication Training on Client Participation and Contraceptive ContinuationKazakhstan: Promotion of Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM) and Breastfeeding Intervention Trial
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
Zimbabwe: Reviewing and Redirecting the Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council’s (ZNFPC) Community-based Distribution (CBD) Program Toward More Cost-effective Alternatives
Horizons projects
See Also
@ E-mail this page
This page updated14 March 2008
What's New
The Council is co-sponsoring a one-week online discussion forum on contraceptive implants from 28 January through 1 February. (more)
Stay Informed
Publications/Resources
"Increasing use of the IUD through community and clinic based education activities in rural Honduras" (2007) (PDF)
"In our own hands: SWAA–Ghana champions the female condom" (2006) (PDF)
"Day of dialogue on public-sector pricing of pharmaceutical products: Meeting report" (2006) (more)
More