Nestorone to Prevent Preterm Birth
The Issue Preterm birth, defined as birth before 37 weeks gestational age, is the leading cause of death for children under 5 worldwide. Globally, [...]
The Population Council’s Center for Biomedical Research Implements an End-to-End Approach to Product Development
Comprehensive sexual and reproductive healthcare supports women on whether, when, and how many children they want to have throughout their 30+ year reproductive life [...]
The Three-Month Dapivirine Vaginal Ring for HIV Prevention
The Issue HIV remains a major global public health concern with a disproportionate burden on women. Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has been an important [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]