The Dapivirine-Levonorgestrel Vaginal Ring for HIV Prevention and Contraception
The Issue Despite global efforts to reduce the number of new HIV infections to 500,000 by 2020, an estimated 1.3 million people became newly [...]
World AIDS Day at our Center for Biomedical Research
The Population Council's Center for Biomedical Research began research on the sexual transmission of HIV in 1986. For over 35 years, the Center has [...]
Are we investing in sexual and reproductive health products that people want to use?
On World Contraception Day, the importance of choice in the realm of sexual and reproductive health cannot be overstated Comprehensive sexual and reproductive health [...]
Dual Prevention Pill for the Prevention of HIV and Unintended Pregnancy
Young women worldwide are confronted with two significant health risks: unintended pregnancy and HIV infection. Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a highly effective method [...]
Nasal Antiviral for Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 and other Coronaviruses
Large-scale inequities in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to low- and middle-income countries will ensure that the virus is here to stay for many [...]
Intravaginal Ring Containing Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol, and QGriffithsin (EEQ IVR) to Prevent Pregnancy and HIV
There is a significant unmet need for multipurpose prevention technology (MPT) products that protect women against HIV and/or unintended pregnancy. Although several MPTs are in [...]
Novel Intravaginal Ring as a Non-Hormonal Contraceptive
There is an undeniable need for new technologies to address the overlapping global burdens of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as [...]
Developing and Testing a Griffithsin (non-ARV) Microbicide
The Population Council has been a leader in research on and development of microbicides since the 1990s. Today, we are developing user-controlled prevention methods [...]