A Conversation with Régine Sitruk-Ware
Régine Sitruk-Ware, distinguished scientist at the Population Council, is the recipient of the 2022 Society of Family Planning Lifetime Achievement Award. The honor [...]
James DeGroat
James DeGroat serves as the production manager for the Population Council’s two scholarly journals: Population and Development Review and Studies in Family Planning. He [...]
COVID-19 Response
The Population Council works with health authorities and policymakers to generate and share data in real-time and provide evidence to mitigate the devastating [...]
Post-Conflict Settings
The Population Council conducts rigorous formative research, risk mapping, and develops vulnerability indices and practical tools to collect program-relevant information for use in [...]
A World of 8 Billion: Progress and Possibilities
The United Nations has declared that on November 15, 2022, the world’s population will reach a historic milestone: the birth of the eighth [...]
Population Council Fellow: Sohail Agha
Born in Karachi, Pakistan, Dr. Sohail Agha’s academic pursuits led him to a doctoral program in Population Dynamics at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of [...]
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 [...]
Population Council Fellow: Ashish Bajracharya
Dr. Ashish Bajracharya, a social demographer from Nepal, sought opportunities to expand his international experience after completing his PhD in Policy Analysis and [...]
Population Council Fellow: Dr. Jacob Adetunji
Dr. Jacob Adetunji, a Nigeria-born American demographer, began his global health career nearly 30 years ago when he was selected as a Population [...]
Addressing Urban Disparities in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
The world is rapidly urbanizing with over 60 percent of the global population estimated to live in urban areas by 2050. Urban environments [...]
Population Council Fellow: Dela Nai
Growing up in Ghana and Ethiopia, Dr. Dela Nai was inspired by African women scientists, including Prof. Akosua Adomako Ampofo and Dr. Miriam Were. After obtaining [...]
Sharing Progress on the Population Council’s Agenda for Change (2022)
It’s been two years since the Population Council launched our Agenda for Change—a commitment to becoming an antiracist organization and addressing wider issues [...]