The 2022 Sheldon Segal Lecture: Dr. Rebecca Gomperts
On Thursday, November 3rd, Rebecca Gomperts, MD, MPP, PhD, will deliver the 2022 Sheldon Segal Lecture. The lecture is named in honor of former [...]
The Nestorone®/Ethinyl Estradiol One-Year Vaginal Contraceptive System
While several contraceptive methods have been developed for short- and long-term protection against pregnancy, women’s needs differ and may change over the course [...]
Baobab: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Refugee Settings
The global refugee crisis is one of the defining challenges of the 21st century, with ongoing, negative effects on the sexual and reproductive [...]
Expanding Access to Quality Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Francophone West Africa
Drawing upon its long-standing presence in Senegal, the Council is partnering with governments, civil society, and local and international stakeholders to support country-level [...]
Zeba Sathar
Zeba Sathar is a senior associate and directs the Population Council’s office in Islamabad, Pakistan, overseeing technical assistance and capacity-building, social science research, [...]
Scaling Up and Financing Improved Delivery and Monitoring of Quality of Care
The quality of care (QoC) framework, developed more than two decades ago, is a cornerstone approach to measuring quality in family planning programming, [...]
Pakistan
The Population Council has been conducting operations research in Pakistan since 1957 and established a permanent office in Islamabad in 1991. The Council’s work [...]
Ghana
The Population Council has conducted social science research in Ghana since 1989 and established an office in 2002. A country-wide healthcare reform effort [...]
Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Choices
The Population Council tackles intersecting inequalities that undermine rights and access to contraception, HIV and STI prevention, maternal and newborn health, safe abortion, [...]
Statement on the US Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade
As a global research organization committed to sexual and reproductive health, rights, and choices, the Population Council is deeply disturbed by the United [...]
Mirena® Added to UNFPA and USAID Product Catalogs
An exciting milestone for contraceptive access worldwide, the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG IUS), also known as the hormonal intrauterine device (IUD), has been [...]
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 [...]