(2011) For years, family planning (FP) has been integrated with maternal and child health services (MCH) in countries such as Colombia, Indonesia, Mexico, the Philippines, and Thailand.
(2010) What are the most promising recent new developments in contraceptive research and implementation? What are current priorities in the research and development of new contraceptives? What are some of the new contraceptive technologies currently in the field?
Project: Combatting Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors in Youth
This policy report argues that integrating noncommunicable disease (NCD) services—particularly those targeted at prevention and early intervention—with other health services for young people can help tackle the growing NCD epidemic in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
(2012) Almost two of every three people in sub-Saharan Africa live in a rural area, relying principally on small-scale agriculture for their livelihood. Improving agriculture on small farms is critical to reducing hunger.
(2011) Vouchers are frequently mentioned as a promising alternative finance mechanism to achieve a variety of goals in health systems and reproductive health services. Do vouchers work?
(2006) Road traffic accidents—the leading cause of death by injury and the tenth-leading cause of all deaths globally—now make up a surprisingly significant portion of the worldwide burden of ill-health.
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
As sub-Saharan African countries strive to grow their economies, it is critical that they consider their age structures—or more particularly, the age structures of their richest and poorest populations, which are determined largely by fertility rates.
Nearly all future population growth will be in the world's less developed countries, and the poorest of these countries will see the greatest percentage increase.
Project: Combatting Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors in Youth
(2013) The four major NCDs—cardiovascular disease, most cancers, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases—will account for approximately 81 percent of deaths in Latin America and the Caribbean by 2030, and 89 percent of all deaths in high-income countries.