Non-Council release: Youngest Americans at Forefront of Rapid Changes in U.S. Demographic Makeup, New Research Finds (10 Mar)
Watson Licenses Population Council’s Novel Contraceptive Ring (1 Mar)
Council Activities Included in Kenya’s Best Practices Compendium (24 Feb)
Survey on Young People in Egypt—2009 (15 Feb)
Announcement: Welcome to Our New Web Site! (2 Feb)
Statement: Good News About AIDS . . . But Why? (22 Jan)
Antares Pharma and Population Council Announce Positive Phase 2 Trial Results (11 Jan)
US Government Rejoins Worldwide Reproductive Health Consensus (8 Jan)
Trial Finds Microbicide Ineffective as HIV Prevention Method for Women (14 Dec)
Population Council Applauds Lifting of HIV Travel Ban (3 Nov)
Sheldon J. Segal, Distinguished, Dedicated, and Decorated Scientist and Beloved Friend, Dies (19 Oct)
Population Council Researchers Share Findings from Gender, Reproductive Health, HIV, Urbanization Studies, and More at IUSSP International Population Conference (21 Sep)
Population Council Endocrinologist Régine Sitruk-Ware Recognized for Contraception Research for Perimenopausal Women (17 Aug)
Role of Population Council in Pakistan Recognized by the Prime Minister (11 Jul)
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Population Council Support the Expansion of the Ishraq Program for Out-of-School Girls in Rural Upper Egypt (29 Jun)
Commonly Used Chemicals Associated with Low Birth Weight (25 Jun)
Unprecedented Scale-Up of Voluntary Male Circumcision Begins in Swaziland, Zambia (11 Jun)
Africa's Future: Improving the Health of Mothers and Children (2 Jun)
Antares Pharma and Population Council Announce Preliminary Positive Phase 2 Trial Results (15 May)
International Family Planning Programs: Myths v. Facts (9 Apr)
Violence Prevention Conference Brings Together International Leaders (8 Apr)
Population Council Selects Safaa El-Kogali to Be Director of Its West Asia and North Africa Region (19 Dec)
The Lancet Publishes Carraguard Phase 3 Trial Results (5 Dec)
Population Council Scientist Receives Recognition for Her Research on Progestogen (22 Oct)
The Population Council and Sheldon Segal to be Awarded Prix Galien USA (23 Sep)
New Male Circumcision Device for HIV Prevention Studied (1 Aug)
Rockefeller, Mastroianni Join Population Council Board of Trustees (16 Jul)
Has the HIV Epidemic Peaked?(26 Jun)
Council Selects Louise Pedneault as Clinical Director, Microbicides, HIV and AIDS Program (15 Apr)
Population Council Names Scott Newman Chief Financial Officer (3 Apr)
Population, Human Capital Accumulation, and Productivity Growth (2 Apr)
Trial Shows Anti-HIV Microbicide Is Safe, but Does Not Prove It Effective (18 Feb)
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What's New
Schooling and Conflict in Darfur: A Snapshot of Basic Education Services for Displaced Children. The Population Council, in collaboration with the Women’s Refugee Commission, conducted a survey of basic educational services and facilities in North and West Darfur in 2008. Read about their findings in this report, forthcoming in March. To order a copy, contact publications@popcouncil.org
BMJ has announced the nominees for its prestigious annual award for "Getting Research into Practice." The Sexual Health and HIV Evidence into Practice (SHHEP) group—to which ABBA, a Population Council–led consortium, belongs—was nominated for successfully "advocating research findings to change the law in Ghana so that survivors of gender based and sexual violence are no longer forced to pay for their own medical tests to prove assault in court." Read more about this on page 6 of the linked PDF. (offsite link)
New statistics project more than five million fewer deaths from AIDS in 2030 than previously estimated. The Population Council's John Bongaarts and co-authors François Pelletier and Patrick Gerland address the cause and implications of the revised estimate in a recent article in The Lancet, "How many more AIDS deaths?" (more)
The Population Council applauds the US government’s renewed support and dedication to meeting the health and development goals laid out in the ICPD and other related UN agreements. (more)
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