Population Council Research that makes a difference

Achieving success with a multi-disciplinary approach

The Population Council conducts research worldwide to improve policies, programs, and products in three areas: HIV and AIDS; poverty, gender, and youth; and reproductive health.

We address fundamental health and population concerns that impede social and economic development, such as unmet need for family planning, unintended pregnancy, child marriage, rapid population growth, high maternal mortality, HIV and AIDS transmission, and gender-based violence. Any one of these issues can have devastating effects on individuals, families, and communities. On a large scale they can hinder the development of the world’s poor countries.

The Council’s biomedical, social science, and public health research delivers solutions that lead to more effective policies, programs, and technologies that improve lives. Approaching problems from multiple disciplines affords us fresh insights about how to address the most pressing issues. The diagram below shows the topics addressed by each of our programs.

 

			Adolescence/transitions to adulthood
			Family planning services
			Female genital mutilation/cutting
			Financial literacy/livelihoods
			HIV biomedical research
			HIV care, support, and treatment
			HIV and children
			HIV prevention
			Microbicides
			Integrating health services
			Maternal and newborn health
			New and improved reproductive technologies
			Population policy and demographic analysis
			Reproductive health biomedical research
			RTIs/STIs
			Safe abortion and postabortion care
			Sexual and gender-based violence
			Social isolation/support
			Strengthening health systems
			Urbanization, health, and the environment
			Vulnerable populations