Dr. Ashish Bajracharya, a social demographer from Nepal, sought opportunities to expand his international experience after completing his PhD in Policy Analysis and Management from Cornell University. He was accepted into the Fred H. Bixby Fellowship program—which matched early-career social and biomedical scientists from low- and middle-income countries with experienced Population Council mentors.
Trained as an obstetrician–gynecologist in China, Dr. Yongmei Huang’s professional goal was to become a medical scientist. She completed her PhD from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and sought out a postdoctoral fellowship program abroad to advance her training and ability to publish in English-language scholarly journals.
The Population Council and Imres BV today announced an agreement to supply and distribute the monthly dapivirine vaginal ring (DVR). The DVR is the first long-acting technology approved for HIV prevention in women and the first product of its kind.
Dr. Jacob Adetunji, a Nigeria-born American demographer, began his global health career nearly 30 years ago when he was selected as a Population Council Social Science Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies.
A year before the COVID-19 pandemic began, Dr. Momoe Makino took a sabbatical from her position as a Research Fellow at the Institute of Developing Economies in Japan to join the Population Council’s Girl Innovation, Research, and Learning (GIRL) Center in New York City as a visiting research fellow.
Adolescent girls in Kenya and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa face a myriad of vulnerabilities including household poverty, violence, limited education opportunities, and a lack of economic opportunities and independence.
The Transforming Education Summit (TES) was an inspiring reminder of the energy and commitment of the global education community. It remains to be seen, however, whether TES was indeed transformative.
The Population Council is pleased to announce that the Indigenous Adolescent Girls’ Empowerment Network (IMAGEN), which has been incubated at the Council for five years, is moving toward greater Native American control and self-determination via the Indigenous Justice Circle, a newly created independent organization.
The world is rapidly urbanizing with over 60 percent of the global population estimated to live in urban areas by 2050.
New York, NY (October 4, 2022)—The Population Council, a global nonprofit research organization and developer of sexual and reproductive health pharmaceuticals, announced the completion of an asset purchase agreement between the Council and the International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM), a nonprofit organization that develops HIV prevention technologies.
