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Area of Expertise
Sexual & Reproductive Health
We equip global stakeholders with the data, skills, and strategies they need to drive lasting change in policy, in practice, and in people’s lives.
Data For Dignity
Our goal is simple: A world where everyone, everywhere, can access care that honors their body, their choices, and their voice.
Why It Matters
Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is essential to the autonomy, health, and dignity of individuals and the well-being of communities. When people can access SRH care that respects their rights and reflects their realities, they live with more freedom, health, and possibility.
How We Drive Change
Accessible SRH care doesn’t happen by accident; it happens when policies are built on data and data is grounded in people’s lived experiences. Our work includes:
- Equipping governments, coalitions, the private sector, and civil society to shape SRH policy that expands access and protects rights.
- Turning complex demographic data into strategic insights that drive investments, guide programs, and promote accountability.
- Pinpointing specific gaps and barriers to achieving rights-based SRH priorities, such as contraceptive use and adolescent fertility.
- Training youth leaders, journalists, and advocates to tell data-driven stories that shift mindsets and influence decision-makers.
Our Impact
Latest News & Insights
Medicaid Helps Americans Afford the Contraceptives They Want—but Access Boils Down to Your Address
New research links Medicaid with better access to preferred birth control methods, especially in disadvantaged neighborhoods—but these neighborhoods are concentrated in states that have not expanded the insurance program.
Five Facts and Trends We're Watching in 2026
Care, the future of work and AI, and other themes we’re keeping an eye on in the new year
Why Americans Are Delaying Parenthood
Four studies offer new insights on the decision to have kids in a low birth rate era.
1 in 6: The Global Crisis Very Few Are Funding (And Why We Should Be)
Infertility receives nowhere near the attention or funding of fertility decline or aging despite asking the same fundamental question.
PRB Wins Anthem Award for Best Use of Data for Health
PRB was awarded for its work on “State of Access: A Contraceptive Policy Scorecard”
PRB Honored as a Finalist in 5th Annual Anthem Awards
The Anthem Awards honor the purpose and mission-driven work of people, companies and organizations worldwide.
Latest Resources
When Doctors Advise Teens on Contraception, Bias May Shape the Conversation
For many teenagers, a conversation with their doctor is the primary way they learn about contraceptive options. One talk can shape both the methods they choose and their confidence in seeking future care.
Texas Abortion Ban Linked to Rise in Severe Complications From Pregnancy Loss
When Texas enacted a total abortion ban in 2022, it changed the legal landscape for pregnancy care. Because the medications and procedures used to treat miscarriage are also used in abortion care, the policy may have influenced how clinicians manage pregnancy complications.
Beyond the Headlines: What's Really Happening With Global Fertility?
This guide explains what’s behind falling fertility rates, unpacks common assumptions about fertility decline, and explores how policymakers can respond.
Webinar: Bridging Research and Policies: Enhancing Budgeting Processes for Africa's Demographic Dividend
PRB hosted a high-level webinar with budget experts, parliamentarians, and national directors to discuss the importance of the Demographic Dividend Sensitive Budgeting approach in enhancing budgeting processes across Africa.
Convening Report: Centering Locally-Driven Family Planning Measurement Priorities in the Global Agenda
In June 2024, the MOMENTUM Knowledge Accelerator Project, FP2030, and the William H. Gates Sr.
Scaling Up a Mobile Obstetric Triage and Referral System in Liberia
Researchers in Liberia developed and tested a mobile obstetric emergency system (MORES) that reduced decision-to-delivery time in Bong County.
Projects
PRB and EngenderHealth, with support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, will help the global SRHR community understand, discuss, and navigate concerns about declining fertility rates, so that women’s rights and choice are protected.
PRB is assessing the favorability of the policy environment for contraceptive access nationally and within each U.S. state so that state policies and programming can be easily interpreted and compared.
USAID Stawisha Pwani seeks to increase the use of quality, sustainable, and county-led health services and systems for communities living in Kenya’s coastal counties of Kilifi, Mombasa, Kwale, and Taita Taveta.
PRB is a partner on the PROPEL Health project, which is working to support more equitable and sustainable health services, supplies, and delivery systems through policy, financing, governance, and advocacy.
PRB is sharing evidence on early childhood development (ECD) in East and Southern Africa so that it reaches a wide set of global stakeholders and is used to improve programming, policy, and investments for ECD.
PRB is a partner on the Palladium-led, USAID-funded Health Policy Plus (HP+) project that strengthens and advances health policy priorities at global, national, and subnational levels.