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Thoai Ngo, Vice President of Social and Behavioral Science Research, shares his perspective on global health as a "double agent" straddling two worlds. Ngo contributes insights to an essay by Madhukar Pai, Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology & Global Health at McGill University.

The Council’s Ashish Bajracharya and Ubaidur Rob joined partners in a roundtable discussion on the needs and workforce potential of adolescents in the Rohingya community. The conversation was summarized in The Daily Star.

Council scientists are developing a novel reversible contraceptive gel for men, Nestorone®/Testosterone (NES/T), designed to be absorbed through the skin with minimal side effects. This article discusses the phase two clinical trials of the gel, started in 2018.

In a Letter to the Editor in the New York Times, James Sailer, Executive Director of the Population Council’s Center for Biomedical Research, makes the case for maintaining the intellectual property system, which rewards research and development innovation.

The Council's Rajib Acharya is quoted in this Times of India article on an increase in male participation in family planning, which cites findings from the new National Family Health Survey showing that condom use has increased in the past five years, while female sterilizations and oral contraceptive pill use has marginally dropped.

An article from SciDev.Net’s Sub-Saharan Africa English desk highlights findings from a study published in PLOS One by Council researcher Jessie Pinchoff and colleagues Deborah Balk and Carrie Mills of CUNY Institute for Demographic Research.

The Indigenous Adolescent Girls’ Empowerment Network (IMAGEN), which seeks to empower adolescent Native American girls through girl-centered programming, was featured for Indigenous Peoples Day 2020 in a segment for Voice of America (VOA) News.

The life and legacy of Dr. C. Wayne Bardin, former director of the Population Council’s Center for Biomedical Research (CBR) and chairman of the International Committee for Contraception Research at the Council, was honored at the New York Times. James Sailer, CBR’s current Executive Director, spoke about Dr. Bardin’s groundbreaking work.