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Director, Reproductive Health Program Profile John W. Townsend is the director of the Population Council's Reproductive Health program. As program director, he is responsible for the development and implementation of a strategy to promote better reproductive health and family planning programs worldwide through operations research. In his over 20 years at the Council, Townsend has served as the director of the Frontiers in Reproductive Health program; the regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean (1990–93) in Mexico; the country director for Colombia (1984); and the director of operations research programs in Latin America and the Caribbean (1985–90) and also Asia and the Near East (1993–98). Before joining the Council, Townsend served for eight years with the Institute of Nutrition for Central America and Panama, in Guatemala. Townsend is a frequent presenter in professional meetings and has published extensively. He holds a doctorate in social psychology with supporting studies in public affairs and educational psychology from the University of Minnesota. In 2006, he received USAID's Marjorie Horn Operations Research Award for excellence in conducting and utilization of research. (more)
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