New York, NY (August 17, 2017) — The Population Council has been awarded Breakthrough-RESEARCH, a five-year cooperative agreement from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The project aims to improve healthy behaviors and norms across key global health areas, including family planning and reproductive health; HIV/AIDS; maternal, newborn and child health; emerging infectious diseases; and malaria. Led by the Population Council, consortium partners include the Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown University, Population Reference Bureau, Tulane University, Avenir Health and ideas42.

NEW YORK, NY, June 28—The Population Council today announced the launch of the Girl Innovation, Research, and Learning (GIRL) Center, a new global research and thought leadership hub that will generate, synthesize, and translate evidence on adolescent girls. Led by Thoai Ngo, Ph.D., director of the Population Council’s Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program, the Center seeks to direct strategic investment into solutions proven to transform the lives of adolescent girls. 

The Population Council expresses its sorrow at the passing of Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), who passed away Sunday. Dr. Osotimehin made tremendous contributions to global health as a defender and champion of the health and rights of women, girls and families around the world.

CHIGACO, ILLINOIS (April 26, 2017) — Population Council experts will present 23 abstracts on key health and development issues at the Population Association of America (PAA) 2017 Annual Meeting in Chicago from April 27-29. The annual meeting gathers more than 2,000 demographers, public health experts, sociologists, economists, scholarly publishers, and students to examine the latest population trends and topics in the US and around the world.

NEW YORK (12 December 2016) — The Population Council announces the appointment of two new board members: Ms. Wanda Olson, who has over three decades of experience with the international law firm of Cleary Gottlieb, and Mr. Jonathan H. Kagan, an internationally recognized finance expert who serves as Managing Principal at Corporate Partners LLC.

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA (December 19) — The Population Council announced the opening of its Cambodia office in Phnom Penh. Dr. Ashish Bajracharya, associate in the Population Council’s reproductive health program will lead the office. 

NEW YORK (November 8) — The Population Council awarded David Coleman and Helen Epstein with the 2016 Olivia Schieffelin Nordberg Award for excellence in writing and editing in the population sciences. The award was presented at a reception at the Population Council in New York on Monday, November 7.

New Population Council research on promising new HIV and STI prevention tools and strategies for reaching key populations at high risk for HIV will be presented at the second biennial HIV Research for Prevention Conference (HIVR4P 2016) in Chicago.  HIVR4P 2016, which runs 17–21 October, is the only global scientific meeting dedicated exclusively to biomedical HIV prevention research.

Honorees include the Elton John AIDS Foundation and Outgoing Council Board Chair Mark A. Walker

NEW YORK, NEW YORK (14 October 2016) — The Population Council hosted the third annual Ideas With Impact Awards ceremony in New York City on Thursday night, 13 October 2016.  Photos from the evening are available here: http://bit.ly/2egB9IG.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK (September 14, 2016) — The Population Council announced that James Sailer, a Council Vice President, has been appointed Executive Director of its Center for Biomedical Research (CBR), a renowned institution that conducts basic and clinical research and develops sexual and reproductive health products for women and men.