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.

See Product Research and Development/ Contraceptives for information on Council contraceptive development research efforts. See also Emergency Contraception and Female Condom for information about Council research and programs on these two subjects.

Projects

Current

• Poverty, Gender, and Youth

  • Ghana: Female Condom Exploratory Mapping Exercise (02/08–11/08)

• Reproductive Health

  • Interregional: Production of an Emergency Contraception Guidance Tool and Summary Article (7/07–5/08)
  • Bangladesh: Increasing the Rational Use of Modern Contraceptive Methods During the Reproductive Life Cycle (2/07–3/09)
  • Bangladesh: Improving the Quality of Family Planning Services for Urban Slum Populations (7/07–12/08)

  • Bangladesh: Strengthening Safe Sex Decisionmaking: Creating Conditions for Scaling Up Access to Life Skill Sexual and Reproductive Health Education and Condom Services (10/05–12/08)

    Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Mauritania, Senegal, Sierra Leone: Comprehensive Condom Programming in West Africa (1/08–12/08)
  • Egypt: Enhancing Correct Use of Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM) and Postabortion Use of Family Planning in Egypt (6/07–1/08)

  • India: Increasing the Accessibility and Use of the IUD in India (3/06–2/08)

  • Mexico: Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of HIV-infected Women in Mexico (1/08–6/09)

  • Nepal: Strengthening Emergency Contraception in Nepal (3/06–5/08)

  • Pakistan: Family Advancement for Life and Health (FALAH) (6/07–5/12)

  • Pakistan: Introduction of Emergency Contraception into Ministry of Health Programs (10/07–2/08)

Completed

• HIV and AIDS

  • 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 (completed 6/07)
  • Brazil: Comparison of Male and Female Condoms in Preventing Exposure to Semen During Typical Use (completed 6/02)
  • Brazil: Acceptability of the Female Condom by Sex Workers (completed 12/00)
  • Dominican Republic: Evaluation of a 100-Percent Condom Use Policy in Sex Establishments (completed 7/02)
  • Ghana: Testing Prepackaged Therapy for Male Urethral Discharge Syndrome in Ghana: A Feasibility Study (completed 6/07)
  • Nigeria: Promoting Dual-Protection Practices Among Women and Their Male Partners in Ibadan, Nigeria (completed 10/02)
  • Zimbabwe: Female Condom User Study in Zimbabwe (completed 12/99)

• Reproductive Health

  • Bangladesh: Scaling Up Emergency Contraceptive Pills to the National Level in Bangladesh (completed 2/07)
  • Bangladesh: Improving Access to Reproductive Health Information and Condom Services for Male Youth (completed 2/06)
  • Bangladesh: Introducing Emergency Contraception (EC) in Bangladesh (completed 5/03)
  • Dominican Republic: Situation Analysis of the Integration of Family Planning Services in Postpartum, Postabortion, and Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Programs in the Dominican Republic (completed 4/07)
  • Dominican Republic: Understanding Successful Condom Use in the Dominican Republic (completed 7/03)
  • Egypt: An Assessment of the Egyptian Norplant® Program (completed 6/01)
  • Egypt: Counseling Family Planning Clients About Sexuality and the Use of Barrier Methods: An Exploratory Intervention Study (completed 3/00)

  • Ghana: Comparing the Effectiveness and Costs of Alternative Strategies for Improving Access to Information and Services for the IUD in Ghana (completed 4/07)

  • Ghana: National Dissemination and Utilization of Results from the Assessment of Trends in Intrauterine Device (IUD) Use in Ghana (completed 5/04)

  • Ghana: An Assessment of Trends in Intrauterine Device (IUD) Use (completed 11/02)
  • Ghana: Assessment of the Functioning and Effectiveness of Community-based Distribution Programs (completed 7/00)
  • Guatemala: Expanding Access to Vasectomy Services in Guatemala (completed 8/05)
  • Guatemala: Increasing Access to Long-term Contraceptives Through the MOH in Guatemala (completed 1/05)
  • Guatemala: Informing the Medical Community in Guatemala About Emergency Contraception (completed 9/03)
  • Guatemala: Improving Client Informed Choice for Postpartum/Postabortion Clients (completed 12/02)
  • Guatemala: Using an Algorithm to Improve Family Planning Counseling at Rural Clinics (completed 11/02)
  • Guatemala: Availability and Acceptability of Intrauterine Devices in Guatemala (completed 3/02)
  • Guatemala: Willingness-to-pay Study in Guatemalan Association for the Well-being of the Family (APROFAM) (completed 3/01)

  • Haiti: Situational Analysis of the Use of Contraception in Postpartum, Postabortion, and Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission (completed 1/07)

  • Honduras: Disseminating Information on the IUD in Rural Honduras (completed 7/06)

  • India: Promoting Optimal Inter-pregnancy Intervals in India Through Integrated Public Delivery Systems (completed 3/07)

  • India: Technical Assistance for Studying the Utilization of Emergency Contraceptive (EC) Services Through Paramedics (completed 6/06)

  • India: Involving Men in Their Partners’ Antenatal and Postpartum Care (completed 3/03)

  • India: Introducing Depo-Provera Injectable Contraceptives (DMPA) to Private Medical Practitioners in Urban Gujarat (completed 8/01)

  • Indonesia: Impact of Client Communication Training on Client Participation and Contraceptive Continuation (completed 12/01)
  • Kazakhstan: Promotion of Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM) and Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (completed 12/02)
  • Mexico: Dissemination of Laws and Regulations Related to the Right to Choose a Contraceptive Method in a Free and Informed Way (completed 3/99)
  • Nepal: Improving Young Couples’ Access to and Use of Reproductive Health Information and Services (completed 6/03)

  • Nicaragua: Situation Analysis of the Use of Contraception in Postpartum, Postabortion, and Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission (PMTCT) Programs (completed 4/07)

  • Pakistan: Pilot Study of Contraception and Abortion in Five Country Settings (completed 2/07)

  • Peru: Monitoring Family Planning Providers’ Compliance with the Quality-of-Care Norms of Peru’s Ministry of Health (completed 6/02)

  • Philippines: Using Community Workers to Improve Men’s Reproductive Health Awareness in the Philippines (completed 12/00)
  • Russia: Testing Two Models of Postabortion Family Planning in Russia (completed 5/03)
  • Senegal: Testing a Community-based Distribution (CBD) Approach to Reproductive Health Service Delivery in Senegal (completed 7/03)
  • Zimbabwe: Reviewing and Redirecting the Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council’s (ZNFPC) Community-based Distribution (CBD) Program Toward More Cost-effective Alternatives (completed 9/00)

See Also

• "Building on decades of success: Pioneering contraceptive research and products," 2008 fact sheet (PDF) (PDF en español)
• "Facts about emergency contraceptive pills," fact sheets in English, French, and Spanish (more)
• Contraceptive Development
• Expanding Contraceptive Choice
• Statement on the Effectiveness of Family Planning Programs

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This page updated 23 June 2009

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