Population Council researchers presented preclinical research results suggesting new strategies to prevent HIV and STIs from two studies at this week’s Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), the world’s preeminent HIV research meeting.
The Population Council is very pleased to announce Ann K. Blanc as the new Chair of the Editorial Committee of Studies in Family Planning. Ann is Vice President of Social and Behavioral Science Research, a role that includes overseeing the Council's two scholarly journals.
In Tanzania, there are 1.4 million people living with HIV (4.7% prevalence). While the country has made incredible strides in addressing the epidemic, adolescent girls and young women continue to be disproportionately affected by and vulnerable to HIV: HIV prevalence triples from age 15-19 to age 20-24 from 1.3% to 4.4%.
In 1953, the Population Council awarded fellowships to its first class of promising young graduate students for advanced training in demography. Today, thousands of former Council staff and researchers are making an impact in global health and development around the world.
How can we protect vulnerable communities from HIV? How does quality of care impact health outcomes?
Many of the ideas and perspectives that seem self-evident today in fact first emerged from an observation, question or insight that challenged accepted norms years ago.
Since our founding, asking bold questions and delivering rigorous evidence to improve health and well-being has been at the heart of the Population Council. Our research has addressed critical health and development issues, from slowing the spread of HIV and AIDS to putting women and girls at the center of global development.
This November, we are proud to turn 65 and to reflect on some of our exciting contributions. We’re celebrating 65 years of Ideas, Evidence, and Impact and the collective efforts that have made this world a better place.
Join us as we unveil 10 ideas that changed the world in the lead-up to our 65th anniversary on November 7, 2017.
The Population Council congratulates Vivian Brache on receiving Society of Family Planning’s 2017 Allan Rosenfield Award for Lifetime Contributions to International Family Planning.
On International Day of the Girl, Thoai Ngo, Program Director of Poverty, Gender and Youth and the GIRL Center at the Population Council, writes at Medium about the critical need for evidence and rigor, rather than good intentions, to truly deliver for girls.
This month the Population Council welcomed Michelle J. Hindin as the new Program Director for the Reproductive Health, completing the leadership of the Council’s new Social and Behavioral Science division.
Today, there is widespread recognition that gender-based violence (GBV) is a human rights violation and pervasive global health challenge with many consequences for women and girls including physical injury, psychological trauma, unwanted pregnancy, and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.
This week the Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health announced 40 new winners of 120 Under 40’s New Generation of Family Planning Leaders project, including four outstanding Population Council colleagues representing Cambodia, Pakistan, and the United States.
