Tuesday 11/04
WHO Scientific Writing Workshop | 07:00–08:30 | IBP Program Implementation Room
Meet the Expert | 9:30–10:15 | Council/Baobab booths 22–24, First floor
Come meet Lisa Haddad, medical director of the Center for Biomedical Research at the Population Council. She leads the clinical development efforts to advance the Center’s sexual and reproductive health product portfolio, including novel contraceptives and multipurpose prevention technologies. Ask questions about the contraceptive development process and what’s in the Council’s pipeline.
Meet the Expert | 10:15–11:40 | Council/Baobab booths 22–24
Stop by the Council and Baobab booths to talk with Chi-Chi Undie and Ricardo Regules.
Chi-Chi is a senior associate and technical director based in Nairobi, and is part of the Baobab Research Programme Consortium, conducting SRHR work in humanitarian settings.
Ricardo is part of the Council’s Population, Environmental Risks, and the Climate Crisis (PERCC) Initiative. This work includes conducting research around the intersecton of climate and SRHR.
Oral | 10:20–11:40 | Room C
Session—Centering Youth Voices in Research and Response to HIV and SRHR
Unpacking vulnerability to sexually transmitted infections (STI)/Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) among adolescent girls and young women in India: A qualitative study (Link to program schedule)
Sohini Paul#, Radhika Dayal#, Anupam Joya Sharma, Kuhika Seth, Sowmya Ramesh#, Niranjan Saggurti
Oral | 10:20–11:40 | Room L
Session—Structural Barriers to Informed Family Planning
Women in business, women in health: Understanding the structural and social barriers facing female PPMVs in family planning service delivery in Kano State, Nigeria (Link to program schedule)
Society for Family Health (IntegratE project partner)*
Meet our Co-President and an SRHR Expert | 11:45–13:20 | Council/Baobab booths 22–24
Drop by the booth to meet Patricia Vaughan, Co-President of the Population Council. Get to know Pat and learn more about the Council!
Meet Rajib Acharya, Senior Associate in the Council’s New Delhi office. Stop by the booth to ask Rajib about his latest research on SRHR.
Flash | 11:55–13:15 | Room E
Session—Across Borders and Barriers: Flash Insights on Abortion
Designing and testing interventions to improve post-medication abortion contraceptive service delivery at community pharmacies: Lessons from Nakuru County, Kenya (Link to program schedule)
Beatrice Otieno*, Kristen Shellenberg, Francis Obare, Steve Sigu, Wilson Liambila, Lucy Nyamwaro
Poster | 12:00–13:30 | Main Lobby, First Floor
Poster Session 2
(Link to program schedule)
Assessment of referrals between primary health centers and CPs and PPMVs for women requiring family planning in Nigeria: A mixed methods study
Toyin Akomolafe*, Michael Alagbile, Emeka Okafor, Kolawole Oni, Innocent Ubuane, Fisayo Aderinola, Uzoamaka Okafor, Sikiru Baruwa
Lunchtime Roundtable | 13:30–14:30 | Room RSXY
Climate, Youth and SRHR in Rural Areas of Latin America: Elevating case studies and exchanging best practices (en español) (Link to program schedule)
Ricardo Regules (Lead)
Poster | 14:00–15:30 | Main Lobby, First Floor
Poster Session 3
(Link to program schedule)
Does the Challenge Initiative offer a model for catalysing the sustainable scale-up of proven FP interventions?
Karen Hardee, Meghan Bishop, Anna Hazelwood, Morenike Ukpong-Folayan, Jerry Okal, Samia Hashim, Vicente Jurlano, Cheikh Moussa Camara, Abhishek Kumar#
Flash | 14:45–16:05 | Room H
Session—Stakeholder Engagement to Inform New Contraceptive Development and Introduction (Link to program schedule)
Clinicians’ perspectives on considerations for the introduction of a self-care contraceptive vaginal ring in Kenya’s public health sector
Serah Gitome*, Sarah Okumu, Tevyne Omondi, Zachary Kwena, Leah Omondi, Greshon Rota, Elizabeth Bukusi, Everlyne Okado, Betty Njoroge
High acceptability of intravaginal rings (IVRs) among male partners enrolled in a crossover study of 3 different sizes of non-medicated IVRs in the United States
Barbara Friedland*, Irene Bruce, Shakti Shetty, Jessica Atrio, Lisa Haddad*, Marlena Plagianos, Michelle Nguyen, Caio Sant’Anna Marinho, Ann Gottert, Jessica M. Sales, J. Brady Burnett-Zieman
Poster | 16:00–17:30 | Main Lobby, First Floor
Poster Session 4
(Link to program schedule)
Strengthening sexual and reproductive health empowerment outcomes through life, family, and health programming: Evidence from married adolescent girls in northern Nigeria
Matthew Alabi, Ruby Ahaiwe* and Abiodun Adebowale
Catalyzing policy change through private sector integration: The role of the IntegratE Project in transforming Nigeria’s family planning landscape
Society for Family Health (IntegratE project partner)*
Barriers and facilitators of acceptability and uptake of long-acting reversible contraceptives in Ethiopia: A systematic review using the COM-B model
Tariku Shimels*, Zewdneh Shewamene, Getachew Teshom
Enhancing sexual and reproductive health and family planning outcomes and overall wellbeing of women workers in East Africa’s formal sectors: A review of programs and a call to action to fill programming gaps
Zewdneh Sabe and Ashish Bajracharya*
Accessing men through male family doctors: A gender-sensitive family planning model in Pakistan
Mumraiz Khan*, Nauman Safdar, Ali M. Mir, Zeba Sathar
Oral | 16:20–17:40 | Room M
Session—Understanding the Social Determinants of (Un)planned Pregnancy
From “desire” to “intention”: Fertility preferences, question wording change, and non-response in Mexico’s post-pandemic and uncertain contexts (Link to program schedule)
Ricardo Regules Garcia*, Ana Ruth Escoto Castillo
Oral | 16:20–17:40 | Room Ñ
Session—At the Counter: Integrating Pharmacies into the Family Planning Ecosystem
Beyond the pills: How pharmacists shape the safety and success of medical abortion in India (Link to program schedule)
Rajib Acharya*, Rimjhim Bajpai#, Neelanjana Pandey#, Sushanta Kumar Banerjee
Flash | 16:20–17:40 | Room P
Session—Local and Regional Measurements on Sexual and Reproductive Health
External consistency of HMIS data: Findings from family planning programs in Ethiopia and Nigeria (Link to program schedule)
Erin Pearson*, Jamie Menzel, Himani Gupta#, Niranjan Saggurti
Side event | 19:00–21:00 | Room A
ReproTank: The Next Gen Contraceptive Pitch-Off
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Side event | 19:00–21:00 | Room Ñ
Le Labyrinthe Auquel Les Femmes Sont Confrontées : Transformer les données en actions concrètes
(The Maze Women Face: Turning evidence into action)
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Wednesday 11/05
WHO Scientific Writing Workshop | 07:00–08:30 | IBP Program Implementation Room
What Journal Editors Want (Link to program schedule)
Mahesh Karra (Studies in Family Planning editor)
Meet the Expert | 9:30–10:15 | Council/Baobab booths 22–24, First floor
Come by the Council booth this morning and meet Rebecca Brodsky, Project Manager at the Council’s Center for Biomedical Reasearch. Ask her your questions about SRH biomedical product development.
Meet the Expert | 10:15–11:45 | Council/Baobab booths 22–24, First floor
Stop by the Council and Baobab booths to meet Rajib Acharya and Ricardo Regules.
Rajib is a Senior Associate in the Council’s New Delhi office. Ask Rajib about his work on low fertility & family planning.
Ricardo, based in Mexico, recently completed a study on the power of young feminist organizing in Mexico, including their impact on advancing SRHR. Come by the booth and talk with him about the successes and challenges these young women face.
ICFP 2025 Spotlight Session | 10:20–11:40 | Room VW
Next-Gen Contraceptives: Science, Access, and Equity (Link to program schedule)
Lisa Haddad (moderator)
Meet the Expert | 11:45–13:20 | Council/Baobab booths 22–24, First floor
Drop by our booth and talk about the behavioral research around contraceptive development with Barbara Friedland, a Senior Associate at the Population Council’s Center for Biomedical Research.
Oral | 11:55–13:15 | Room P
Session—Non-traditional Channels for Contraceptive Access and Delivery
Factors associated with the provision of implants by patent proprietary medicine vendors (PPMVs) in Kaduna, Kano and Lagos, Nigeria (Link to program schedule)
Toyin Akomolafe*, Sikiru Baruwa, Innocent Ubuane, Michael Alagbile, Emeka Okafor
Oral | 11:55–13:15 | Room G
Session—Family Planning and Fertility Transitions: Global Perspectives and Development
Emerging unfulfilled desired fertility among low fertility countries: Evidence from Asia and Eastern Europe (Link to program schedule)
Shreya Singhal*#, Abhishek Kumar#, Ashita Munjral, Rajib Acharya
Poster Session 6 | 12:00-13:30 | Main Lobby, First Floor
Post-abortion family planning among women in refugee settings in Uganda (#94)
Peter Kisaakye*, Stephanie Kung, Francis Obare, Caitlin Rich, George Odwe, Bonnie Wandera, Dagim Habteyesus, Yadeta Dessie, Stephen Kizito, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Margaret Giorgio
Meet SFP Editors! | 13:20–14:35 | Council/Baobab booths, #22–24, First floor
Have you been thinking about submitting an article to Studies in Family Planning (SFP)? Do you have questions about the journal’s focus topics? Do you have ideas for articles or special issues and would like to talk them over with the SFP editors?
Stop by the Council’s booth to meet and discuss your questions/ideas with the SFP editors, Victoria Boydell and Mahesh Karra, and the editors of the latest special issue, Illene Speizer and Niranjan Saggurti.
Ignite Night “Hot Topics” Discussion | 13:30–14:30 | Room RSXY
Ricardo Regules (Facilitator)
Meet the Expert | 14:35–16:10 | Council/Baobab booths, #22–24, First floor
Drop by our booths and meet, Ashish Bajracharya, the Deputy Director of International Programs at the Population Council. Ashish will be talking about the Council’s work on SRHR and family planning in Asia and Africa.
Oral | 14:45–16:05 | Room P
Session—Family Planning at a Crossroads: Navigating Reproductive Rights and Demographic Pressures in Asia-Pacific, Central Asia and Eastern Europe
Addressing fertility decline without compromising choice: Family planning policies in Central Asia (Link to program schedule)
Rajib Acharya*
Flash | 14:45–16:05 | Room F
Session—Resistance and Resilience: Safeguarding SRHR in Crisis and Conflict (Link to program schedule)
Estimating the incidence of induced abortion among women in refugee settings in Ethiopia
Yohannes Dibaba Wado*, Stephanie Kung, George Odwe, Yadeta Dessie, Dagim Habteyesus, Bonnie Wandera, Caitlin Rich, Peter Kisaakye, Caroline Kabiru, Francis Obare, and Margaret Giorgio
Poster | 16:00–17:30 | Main Lobby, First Floor
Poster Session 8
(Link to program schedule)
Scaling family planning access and service delivery through private sector engagement in Nigeria: Insights from the IntegratE Project
Society for Family Health (IntegratE project partner)*
Multipurpose vaginal rings: Preferences from a national discrete choice survey with US women
Ann Gottert, Sanyukta Mathur, Timothy Abuya, Irene Bruce, Shakti Shetty, Michelle Nguyen, Jessica M. Sales, Lisa B. Haddad*, Barbara A. Friedland*
Influence de la connectivité sociale des adolescentes sur leur santé de la reproduction et résultats scolaires au Sénégal
Fatou Bintou Mbow*
Timing and continuity of postpartum family planning use in India: Insights from NFHS-5
Abhishek Kumar#*, Anchal Purbey, Niranjan Saggurti
Oral | 16:20–17:40 | Room Ñ
Session: Understanding and Preventing Unintended Pregnancy Among Adolescents in LMICs
Her needs, their blindspot: Unmet contraceptive demand among adolescents in India’s most populous state (Link to program schedule)
Punit Mishra*#
Side event | 19:00–21:00 | Room K
From Data to Dignity: Scaling SRHR and FP Innovations for Refugee Communities in Africa
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