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Powered by our local leadership and enhanced by our global connections, the Population Council delivers optimal solutions for underserved populations and communities in [...]
Partners
The Population Council fosters a multidisciplinary, cross-sectoral, and collaborative culture to promote learning, apply research results, and achieve impact. We thank our partners [...]
Highlights
Ensure sexual and reproductive health, rights, and choices The Population Council tackles intersecting inequalities that undermine rights and access to contraception, HIV [...]
From the President
An equitable and sustainable future for everyone, everywhere The world is confronting multiple social, economic, political, and environmental crises that risk reversing decades [...]
World Contraception Day 2023
Many young people still lack access to comprehensive sexuality education, experience bias when trying to obtain contraception, and are more likely to experience contraceptive [...]
Population Council Welcomes Manoj Gopalakrishna as a New Trustee
The Population Council is pleased to announce the appointment of Manoj Gopalakrishna to its Board of Trustees. Manoj Gopalakrishna brings over three decades [...]
Early Childbearing and Child Marriage: An Update
Child marriage and early childbearing—marriages and births to girls below age 18—are serious threats to girls’ wellbeing everywhere. The mere existence of child [...]
Fellowships
For 70 years, Population Council fellowship programs have advanced the careers of thousands of public health, social science, and biomedical researchers around the [...]
Improving Acceptability, Use, and Continuation of Intrauterine Devices (IUDs) in Bangladesh
The Council is conducting longitudinal research to improve the experiences of IUD users in the Keraniganj, Savar, and Nawabganj Upazila regions of Dhaka [...]
Research and Analysis for Scientific Transformation and Advancement (RASTA)
The Council is leading multiple institutions in the RASTA initiative, which uses a collaborative research platform to track India’s progress toward achieving the [...]
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 [...]
Violence Outcomes in COVID-19 Era Study (VoCes-19)
VoCes-19 is a web-based open cohort study that aims to understand the short- and mid-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives [...]