Staff Biographies | Saumya RamaRao

Selected Publications

RamaRao, Saumya, Régine Sitruk-Ware, and John W. Townsend. 2008. "New vistas in contraceptive technology," Gender and Development 16(2): 327–344. (abstract)

RamaRao, Saumya, John Townsend, and Ian Askew. 2006. “Correlates of inter-birth intervals: Implications of optimal birth spacing strategies in Mozambique,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

RamaRao, Saumya and Nathan Golon. 2005. “Follow-up evaluation of intervention studies conducted by FRONTIERS,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council.

Sathar, Zeba, Anrudh Jain, Saumya RamaRao, Minhaj ul Haque, and Jacqueline Kim. 2005. “Introducing client-centered reproductive health services in a Pakistani setting,” Studies in Family Planning 36(3): 221–234. (PDF)

Kaufman, Carole E. and Saumya RamaRao. 2004. “Community confidentiality, consent, and the individual research process: Implications for demographic research,” Population Research and Policy Review 23(4): 1–24.

RamaRao, Saumya, Marlina Lacuesta, Marilou Costello, Blesilda Pangolibay, and Heidi Jones. 2003. “The link between quality of care and contraceptive use,” International Family Planning Perspectives 29(2): 76–83. (offsite PDF)

RamaRao, Saumya and Ali M. Mir. 2003. “Transforming relationships in Pakistani villages,” in "Linking reproductive health to social power: Community health workers in Belize and Pakistan," Quality/Calidad/Qualité no. 15. New York: Population Council, pp. 20–35. (PDF)

RamaRao, Saumya and Raji Mohanam. 2003. “The quality of family planning programs: Concepts, measurements, interventions, and effects,” Studies in Family Planning 34(4): 227–248. (PDF)

Sanogo, Diouratié, Saumya RamaRao, Heidi Jones, Penda N’Diaye, Bineta M‘bow, and Cheikh B. Diop. 2003. “Improving quality of care and use of contraceptives in Senegal,” African Journal of Reproductive Health 7(2): 57–73. (abstract)