A Retrospective with Zeba Sathar
Pakistan’s Ministry of Planning Development and Special Initiatives celebrated its 75th anniversary by recognizing individuals and organizations for distinguished and exceptional achievements in the [...]
Girls Deliver: Building an Integrated Ecosystem for Adolescent Girls
Convening Diverse Stakeholders to Integrate Action for Adolescent Girls The Population Council’s GIRL Center kicked off Women Deliver 2023 with intention and action as [...]
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Approves the Nonprescription use of Opill
The Population Council congratulates the team behind the Opill development for achieving Food & Drug Administration approval of Opill, a progestin-only oral contraceptive, for [...]
New Ideas & Collective Guidance: An Overview of the 2023 International Committee for Contraception Research (ICCR) Meeting
The Population Council’s International Committee for Contraception Research (ICCR) welcomed a global consortium of clinical scientists, endocrinologists, gynecologists, and andrologists to discuss novel contraceptive [...]
In Memoriam: Population Council Global Accounting Manager, Alexander Gervitz
The Population Council mourns the passing of Alex Gervitz who died on Sunday, May 28, 2023, aged 52. Alex courageously battled brain cancer for [...]
Statement Concerning Mifepristone
On Friday, April 7, 2023, a federal district court in Texas issued a decision that, if sustained, would invalidate the approval of mifepristone, a [...]
A Tribute to Mercy Nzioki
It is with great heartache that we share the news about the passing of our dear colleague Mercy Nzioki. Mercy joined the Council’s Kenya [...]
A Tribute to Neil Zimmerman
The Population Council expresses its sorrow at the passing of Neil Zimmerman, who retired in 2017 following more than four decades of service as [...]