Population Council Appoints New Vice Presidents
It is our great honor to announce the appointment of Dr. Harriet Birungi as the vice president of International Programs and Dr. Thoai [...]
Measurement that Matters: Understanding Quality of Care from Clients’ Perspectives
In a recent Knowledge Success post, Council researchers and research utilization specialists highlight a set of validated tools, developed by the Evidence Project, to [...]
Phase 3 Results Show Population Council’s One-Year Contraceptive Vaginal System Highly Effective
June 20, 2019—The Lancet Global Health today published results from the Phase 3 clinical efficacy trials of the Population Council-developed Annovera™ (segesterone acetate [...]
Progesterone Vaginal Ring: Lessons from Nigeria for the Launch and Scale Up of Vaginal Rings and Market Success of Innovative Contraceptive Technologies
The Population Council and colleagues who play critical roles in providing contraceptives and other reproductive health supplies convened in Kathmandu, Nepal at the [...]
Population Council to Determine Feasibility of Fast-Tracking Oral Contraceptive Multipurpose Prevention Technology (cMPT) Development
November 14, 2018—The Population Council has received initial funding from the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) to assess the feasibility of combining oral [...]
First Trial Launches to Test Effectiveness of Male Contraceptive Gel
November 28, 2018—The Population Council, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, and [...]
FDA Approves the First One-Year Contraceptive Fully under a Woman’s Control
August 8, 2018—The Population Council, a global nonprofit research organization, announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for Annovera™ [...]
Population Council Announces New License Agreement
July 31, 2018—Today the Population Council announced a new license agreement with TherapeuticsMD to make available the Council's investigational segesterone acetate/ethinyl estradiol one-year [...]
Population Council Awarded Breakthrough-RESEARCH Project by USAID
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 [...]
Community Engagement: A Bridge to Increasing Uptake of IPTp-SP to Prevent Malaria in Pregnancy
It’s about 10:30 a.m. on a Tuesday morning, and residents of the neighborhood are gathering at a local church in Dunga, Kisumu Central, [...]
Awards
The Population Council and our scientists were recognized for: The Population Council won an award for advances in contraceptive development. CBR scientists and [...]
Effective Climate Adaptation
The climate crisis is accelerating, posing existential threats to people and places around the world. Any successful response must combine mitigation, or reducing [...]