Annual report 2009
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In the 2009 annual report, Population Council staff members take you to the grassroots of our work so that you can see and understand the impact of our research and programs on HIV and AIDS; poverty, gender, and youth; and reproductive health. (PDF)
Access multimedia resources about the projects presented in the 2009 annual report:
- Health care financing: Reproductive health vouchers (audio slideshow)
- HIV Prevention: Informed consent and male circumcision (video)
- HIV prevention: Men's Health Network Nigeria (podcast with social scientist Sylvia Adebajo)
- Vulnerable populations: Migrants in South Africa (audio slideshow)
- Safe spaces: Addis Birhan project in Ethiopia (video)
- Maternal and newborn health: Health Management and Quality Project in Bolivia (audio slideshow)
- Family planning services: Birth spacing in Pakistan (audio slideshow)
Please visit again to view additional multimedia features.
Access lists not included in the printed report:
- Publications (PDF)
- Advisory and Collaborative Bodies (PDF)
- Fellows (PDF)
- Where We Work Map (as of April 2010) (PDF)
See also:
- Evaluation of Voucher and Accreditation Interventions for Improving Business Models Applied to Reproductive Health Service Delivery Platforms (more)
- Male Circumcision Partnership: Achieving Scale (more)
- Men's Health Network Nigeria: Providing Appropriate and Comprehensive Sexual Health and HIV Prevention Services (more)
- AIDS, Population, and Health Integrated Assistance Operations Research project (more)
- Adolescent Safe Spaces, Health, and Skills for Adulthood in Urban Ghana (more)
- Improving Health Service Delivery for Migrants in the Inner City of Johannesburg (more)
- Safe spaces: Increasing gender equity in Ethiopia (more)
- Biomedical research: Contraceptive development (PDF)
- Health Management and Quality Project (Gestion y Calidad en Salud) (more)
- Family Advancement for Life and Health (FALAH) (more)
Previous annual reports
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| From Evidence to Action: Assessing Need, Achieving Success (2008) |
Identify. Investigate. Act. |
Global Reach, Global Impact (2006) |
For annual reports from 2005 and earlier, search Publications/Resources.
What's New
Venture capitalist Howard Cox was recently elected to the Population Council's board of trustees. (more)
Breakthrough in microbicide research: A gel tested by CAPRISA in South Africa indicates that it is safe and effective in reducing the risk of HIV and herpes infections among women participants; confirmatory research is needed. (more) Naomi Rutenberg, Population Council vice president and director of the HIV and AIDS program, discussed the results of the CAPRISA study on PRI's "The Takeaway." (offsite link)
Mahidol University has awarded Council president Peter J. Donaldson an honorary doctorate in demography in recognition of the significant role he has played in the development of population and social science research in Thailand. (more)
A Closer Look: Stories of Impact, the Population Council’s 2009 annual report, is now available. Read first-person accounts and view striking photographs of our lifesaving work around the world. This year we are also featuring a short documentary, slideshows, and podcasts about our projects. (more)
The Population Council celebrates five decades of American women’s access to the birth control pill. The Council continues to work toward improving reproductive health for all through research and testing of an array of reversible contraceptive methods for both men and women. (more)
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