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|MedCity News

MedCity FemFwd: What Male Birth Control Means for Women’s Health

Listen to Regine Sitruk-Ware and Chelsea Polis discuss the affects of male birth control products on women's health in this episode of the FemFwd podcast.

|BBC Newsday

Male contraception: Hope for external gel

Listen to Régine Sitruk-Ware discuss the NES/T gel.

WomenLift Health Announces Selection of Two Population Council Researchers to Leadership Program

Chelsea Polis and Waimar Tun to join the 2024 North America Cohort as Emerging Leaders

A vaginal ring that discreetly delivers anti-HIV drugs will reach more women

The Council's Anita Garg was interviewed about the dapivirine vaginal ring for this article in NPR's Goats and Soda blog.

|Ms. Magazine

The First ‘Health’ COP Must Prioritize Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for Young People

COP28 is being hailed as the first “Health COP,” bringing attention to critical climate and health issues—but gaps remain on issues like sexual and reproductive health. The Council's Jessie Pinchoff co-authored this commentary in Ms. magazine.

|AP News

South African company to start making vaginal rings that protect against HIV

A South African company will make vaginal rings that protect against HIV, which AIDS experts say should eventually make them cheaper and more readily available.

Innovative HIV Prevention Product for Women that Promotes Choice – Dapivirine Vaginal Ring (DVR) – Gains Momentum Across Africa

With use approved in 11 African countries, women can access the ring now in a growing number of implementation and pilot studies across 6 of the 11 approved countries

|The Guardian

Dr Chelsea Polis: ‘The scientific world recognises when you stick your neck out and do the right thing’

The US reproductive health expert on being sued for $1m, and winning a top prize for her fight for free speech in the public interest.

Population Council Awarded Grand Challenges Canada Grant to Support the Market Introduction of the Dapivirine Vaginal Ring

IPM South Africa has been awarded a 15-month grant to support the large-scale delivery of the dapivirine vaginal ring.

Environmental disasters and ‘dark’ tourism: The modern-day ghost towns created by the climate crisis

Climate change and ensuing environmental disasters—marked by an increasing frequency and intensity of destructive floods, droughts, storms, wildfires and extreme temperatures—are now fueling what experts say are just the first waves of places abandoned due to climate displacement. Council scientific director Jack DeWaard is interviewed in this CNN article.
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