News, Articles, and Reports

2008

• New Population, Health, and Environment Alliance - Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding - 10/08/08
  On October 8, 2008, USAID, Johnson & Johnson, and World Wildlife Fund formed the first major global development alliance to focus on an integrated approach to tackling population, health, and environment issues.
  
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• Bayer Schering Pharma to Support USAID With Contraceptives for Family Planning Programs - 8/19/08
  Bayer Schering Pharma will supply up to 110 million cycles of oral contraceptives yearly for family planning programs supported by USAID in developing countries worldwide. This will allow more than 8 million women per year to have access to modern and reliable hormonal contraception.
  
  
• New Hopkins Report: Vasectomy Reaching Out to New Users - 07/15/08
  According to the lastest issue of Population Reports, "Vasectomy: Reaching Out to New Users," vasectomy is simpler and more cost-effective than female sterilization and offers men a way to share responsibility for family planning. This report provides family planning program managers with tools for counseling clients, the information needed to review important elements in providing good-quality services to vasectomy clients, and ways to help the client better understand the procedure.
  
  
• USAID Awards the "PROGRESS" Project to Family Health International - 06/20/08
  USAID announces the award of the PROGRESS Project, a $50 million, five-year family planning research project to Family Health International (FHI) that will help improve access to and availability of family planning in developing countries.
  
  
• Dr. Jane Bertrand of Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs Receives the Marjorie C. Horn Award for Excellence in Operations Research - 05/29/08
  
  
• The 2008 Humanitarian of the Year has Advanced Health Care for Yemen’s Women through USAID-Funded Project - 05/08

2007

	Read the biography of Kent R. Hill, USAID Assistant Administrator for Global Health

• USAID Awards Fistula Care - 12/07
  USAID announces the award of Fistula Care, a $70 million, five-year Associate Cooperative Agreement to EngenderHealth and its partners that will build on the successes of the ACQUIRE Project.
  
  
• USAID Population Official Receives Shultz Award - 11/05/07
  Dr. James D. Shelton of USAID’s Bureau for Global Health has received the prestigious Carl S. Shultz Award for Lifetime Achievement from the American Public Health Association.
  
  
• USAID and Johns Hopkins Launch “Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers” - 09/27/07
  One of the World Heath Organization’s Four Cornerstones of Family Planning Guidance, the book was prepared through a unique collaboration between Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USAID, and more than 30 organizations around the world.
  
  
• Fertility Awareness-Based Method (FAM) Cooperative Agreement - 09/20/07
  This five-year, $38 million agreement focuses on the scale-up of the Standard Days Method (SDM), the Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM), and the TwoDay Method (TDM).
  


• Bringing Health Care to the Cardamoms - 06/10/07
  A feature story by Conservation International focuses on a USAID-funded health care clinic in Cambodia’s remote Central Cardamom Mountains.
  


• New IUD Toolkit Available
  The IUD Toolkit was compiled by members of the IUD Subcommittee of USAID’s Maximizing Access and Quality Initiative.  Policymakers, program managers, providers, and others interested in adding or improving existing IUD services in their family planning programs can visit http://www.iudtoolkit.org to access free and downloadable full-text resources on the IUD.  Many resources are available in French or Spanish.

2006

• USAID Contracts With the DELIVER Project for Centralized Procurement of Oral Contraceptives - 12/06
  
  
• Communities in Guinea Pledge to End Practice of Female Genital Cutting (FGC) - 12/07/06
  
  
• Director of the Population Council’s Reproductive Health Program Receives Marjorie C. Horn Award for Excellence in Operations Research - 11/27/06
  
  
• Indonesia Achievements in Family Planning Contribute to One of the Developing World’s Best Family Planning Programs - 10/06
  


• Rebuilding Family Planning Programs in Post-Tsunami Aceh - 09/06
  
  
• Indonesia’s Midwives Crucial to Women’s Reproductive Health Care - 08/06
  
  
• Improving the Quality of Family Planning/Reproductive Health Programs in Indonesia - 07/06
  
  
• Ambassador Pascoe Applauds Indonesia’s Successes in Family Planning - 06/06 [PDF, 305KB]
  
  
• Women Around the World Need to Know About the Health Benefits of Birth Spacing - 05/06
  
  
• BKKBN/USAID Partnership: The Cornerstone of Indonesia's Advances in Family Planning - 05/06
  
  
• USAID and BKKBN Celebrate Historical Achievements in Family Planning and Reproductive Health - 05/17/06
  
  
• Client and Provider Perspectives on Integration of Family Planning Counseling and HIV/AIDS Services - Online Forum: May 1–26, 2006
  This online forum will provide the latest happenings in the field and serve as an opportunity to share global best practices and country-based experiences.
  
  
• USAID/BKKBN Family Planning Conference in East Java Celebrates Quality Achievements - 04/25/06
  
  
• USAID’s FrontLines: USAID Will Graduate Indonesia Family Planning Program - 04/06
  


• USAID’s FrontLines: Religious Leaders Spread Word on Health Issues - 4/06
  
  
• USAID’s FrontLines: International Women’s Day Is Celebrated Around the World - 03/06

2005

• USAID’s FrontLines: Rejection of Pre-Marriage Tradition Grows, Protecting Women’s Health and Lives - 09/05
  
  
• Reaching the Tipping Point Against Female Genital Mutilation - 7/30/05 [PDF, 150KB]
  Written by Layla M. Shaaban and Sarah Harbison, both with USAID, and appearing in the July 30, 2005, edition of The Lancet.
  
  
• USAID FrontLines: Education of Religious Leaders Key to Successful Health Program - 07/05
  
  
• Health Communication Partnership Introduces New E-Forum for Country-based Partners
  
  
• Action for West Africa Region Reproductive Health Project Launches New Web Site
  The Action for West Africa Region Reproductive Health Project is a five-year, USAID-sponsored health improvement project designed to address limited access to health care and the low quality of services in 18 West African countries.

2004

• Standard Days Method and Cycle Beads [PDF, 73KB]
  
  
• Family Planning Researcher to Receive Marjorie Horn Operations Research Award for Pioneering Approaches to Program Research
  
  
• Request for Applications: Contraceptive and Reproductive Health Technologies Research
  


• USAID’s FrontLines: Demographic and Health Surveys Still Track Fertility and Health Trends After 30 Years - 3/04
  


• USAID’s FrontLines: Demographic and Health Surveys Helped Bangladesh Track and Reduce Rate of Population Growth - 3/04
  


• USAID’s FrontLines: Spacing Children 3 to 5 Years Apart Is Best - 3/04
  


• Men Barriers to Family Planning, Study Says
  


• USAID Launches First “Family of Birth Spacing Products” for Afghanistan Market
  


• Indonesian Mothers Surviving Childbirth More Often With Support From Husbands, Community, Faith-Based Groups

2003

• Male Involvement in Family Planning Yields Positive Results
  
  
• USAID and Jane Goodall Explore Ways to Improve the Health of Families in the Congo Basin
  


• Human Capacity Development Project Request for Applications
  


• USAID Initiative to Improve Quality of Clinic Care in Developing World
  


• USAID Funds Communications Initiative to Assist Policymakers in the Developing World
  


• Concern for the World Takes Woman to Ecuador
  


• The Global Health Private Sector Program Request for Proposals
  


• Interview With Dr. Anne Peterson Assistant Administrator, Global Health
  


• Sierra Club Honors Association Voahary Salama Coordinator

2002

• Human Capacity Development Project Request for Applications
  


• ACQUIRE RFA and Supplemental Information