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1 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS/RESOURCES Visit for updates and a complete list of resources 2008 Assessing routine health information system in selected PAIMAN districts by using lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS) technique Assessment of knowledge and attitudes of married women on maternal and newborn health (MNH) in selected union councils of project districts Differentiating normal from abnormal rates of genital epithelial findings in vaginal microbicide trials, Contraception 77(2): Abstract: Ethical issues in reproductive health, Studies in Family Planning 38(4) Abstracts: Ethics in clinical trials: Population Council's microbicides program, fact sheet Female genital mutilation/cutting: Publications on research in FGM/C, FRONTIERS CD-ROM To order, contact frontiers@popcouncil.org Financial sustainability of reproductive health NGOs, FRONTIERS CD-ROM To order, contact frontiers@popcouncil.org Findings from the field: A compilation to date of publications on HIV/AIDS from the Horizons program, CD-ROM To order, contact horizons@popcouncil.org From bench to bedroom: The Population Council's HIV and AIDS program, fact sheet Girls Count: A Global Investment and Action Agenda Horizons operations research toolkit on HIV/AIDS, CD-ROM To order, contact horizons@popcouncil.org 1

2 Improving hospital-based quality of care in Vietnam by reducing HIV-related stigma and discrimination, Horizons Final Report Informed Consent in HIV Prevention Trials: Highlights from an International Workshop No increase in cervicovaginal proinflammatory cytokines after Carraguard use in a placebocontrolled randomized clinical trial, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 47(2): Abstract: Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN) News Roundup, no. 2 Population Aging, Human Capital Accumulation, and Productivity Growth, supplement to Population and Development Review Vol. 34 Table of Contents: Promoting Healthy, Safe, and Productive Transitions to Adulthood brief series More information: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial to assess the safety and acceptability of use of Carraguard vaginal gel by heterosexual couples in Thailand, Sexually Transmitted Diseases 35(3): Abstract: Repositioning postnatal care in a high HIV environment: Swaziland, Horizons Final Report Sexual and gender based violence in Africa: Key issues for programming Sexual and gender based violence in Africa: Literature review Unmet need for family planning, GEMI (Ghana Essential Medicines Initiative) Progress Report, Winter Acceptability of Carraguard, a candidate microbicide and methyl cellulose placebo vaginal gels among HIV-positive women and men in Durban, South Africa, AIDS Research and Therapy 4(20) Abstract: Addressing gender and rights in your sex/hiv education curriculum: A starter checklist Addressing the needs of seasonal migrants in Nashik, Maharashtra, Health and Population Innovation Fellowship Programme Working Paper no

3 Adolescence in the Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya Adolescent girls' social support and livelihood program design workshop: Summary, report of a workshop sponsored by the Population Council and University of California/San Francisco, Nairobi, Kenya, March Agreement between self- and clinician-collected specimens for diagnosis of high-risk human papillomavirus and typing in women in Gugulethu, South Africa, Journal of Clinical Microbiology 45(6): Abstract: Assessing the equitable distribution of essential medicines for rural maternal and child health care: Baseline report, Nkwanta District, Ghana, GEMI (Ghana Essential Medicines Initiative) Progress Report, June Building the capacity of faith-based organizations to promote mutual monogamy in South Africa, Horizons Research Update Carraguard vaginal gel safety in HIV-positive women and men in South Africa, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 46(5): Abstract: Changing transitions to adulthood in Vietnam's remote northern uplands: A focus on ethnic minority youth and their families A comparison of two methods of partner notification for sexually transmitted infections in South Africa: Patient-delivered partner medication and patient-based partner referral, International Journal of STD and AIDS 18(5): Abstract: Day of dialogue Insights and evidence from product introduction: Lessons for microbicides The experience of married adolescent girls in northern Nigeria Exploring the choices of contraception and abortion among married couples in Tret, rural Punjab, Pakistan From pilots to regional programs: Expanding contraceptive choice and improving quality of care in Zambia's Copperbelt: Final Project Report 3

4 Girls' adolescence in Burkina Faso: A pivot point for social change Home-based versus clinic-based self-sampling and testing for sexually transmitted infections in Gugulethu, South Africa: Randomised controlled trial, Sexually Transmitted Infections 83(7): Abstract: Home-based self-sampling and self-testing for sexually transmitted infections: Acceptable and feasible alternatives to provider-based screening in low-income women in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sexually Transmitted Diseases 34(7): Abstract: How much will it cost to scale up a reproductive health pilot project? FRONTIERS Program Brief no. 8 Implementing STI/HIV prevention and care interventions for men who have sex with men in Senegal, Horizons Research Summary Informed consent in sterilisation services: Evidence from public and private health care institutions in Chennai, Health and Population Innovation Fellowship Programme Working Paper no. 4 Injecting drug users in India: Understanding sexual behaviours and sexual networks to design effective behaviour change strategies, Update, April Knowledge, practice, and coverage (KPC) survey: Baseline report Bagh District: Mansehra District: 'Life is still going on': Reproductive intentions among HIV-positive women and men in South Africa, Social Science and Medicine 65(2): Abstract: Management of complications, pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period in the presence of FGM/C Our stories: Women speak out against HIV and AIDS An interactive communication package for rural low-literate women Patterns and implications of male migration for HIV prevention strategies in Andhra Pradesh, Technical Brief no

5 PMTCT, The Horizons Report, June Poverty and fertility: Evidence and agenda, Poverty, Gender, and Youth Working Paper no. 4 Abstract: Premarital sex and schooling transitions in four sub-saharan African countries, Poverty, Gender, and Youth Working Paper no. 5 Abstract: Provider perspectives on informed consent in female sterilisation services: Findings from a facilitybased study in Chennai, Health and Population Innovation Fellowship Programme Working Paper no. 3 Providing new opportunities to adolescent girls in socially conservative settings: The Ishraq program in rural Upper Egypt Full report: Short report: Psychosocial benefits of a mentoring program for youth-headed households in Rwanda, Horizons Research Summary Slow fertility transition in Egypt Spotlight on child malnutrition, GEMI (Ghana Essential Medicines Initiative) Progress Report, Fall The state of postabortion care worldwide with an eye to the future, PAC in Action no. 11, May Youth in India: Situation and needs Key indicators, , fact sheet Jharkhand: Maharashtra: Tamil Nadu: Facts about emergency contraceptive pills, fact sheet English: Spanish: French: 5

6 Formation of partnerships among young women and men in Pune district, Maharashtra Update: In our own hands: SWAA-Ghana champions the female condom, Quality/Calidad/Qualité no Influencing girls' lives: Acceptability and effectiveness of a livelihoods skill building intervention in Gujarat Update: Informed Consent in HIV Prevention Trials: Report of an International Workshop Investing when it counts: Generating the evidence base for policies and programmes for very young adolescents Guide and tool kit Living up to their name: Profamilia takes on gender-based violence, Quality/Calidad/Qualité no Marriage and motherhood: An exploratory study of the social and reproductive health status of married young women in Gujarat and West Bengal Migración y VIH/SIDA: Guía de apoyo para el CD-Rom interactivo The Political Economy of Global Population Change, , supplement to Population and Development Review Vol. 32 Table of Contents: Sexual harassment in the workplace: Experiences of women in the health sector, Health and Population Innovation Fellowship Programme Working Paper no. 1 'She knew only when the garland was put around her neck': Findings from an exploratory study on early marriage in Rajasthan Update: Spending, saving and borrowing: Perceptions and experiences of girls in Gujarat Update: 6

7 Tap and Reposition Youth (TRY): Providing social support, savings, and microcredit opportunities for young women in areas with high HIV prevalence, SEEDS no Building assets for safe, productive lives: A report on a workshop on adolescent girls' livelihoods The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries: Selected Studies Ethical Approaches to Gathering Information from Children and Adolescents in International Settings: Guidelines and Resources Evaluation of a savings and micro-credit program for vulnerable young women in Nairobi Growing Up Global: The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries Women's participation in disaster relief and recovery, SEEDS no Healing wounds, instilling hope: The Tanzanian partnership against obstetric fistula, Quality/Calidad/Qualité no Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health: Charting Directions for a Second Generation of Programming Are we not peasants too? Land rights and women's claims in India, SEEDS no Designing HIV/AIDS Intervention Studies: An Operations Research Handbook Family Planning in the 21st Century, Studies in Family Planning 33(1) Abstracts: 7

8 HIV/AIDS Prevention Guidance for Reproductive Health Professionals in Developing-Country Settings Responding to Cairo: Case Studies of Changing Practice in Reproductive Health and Family Planning More information: Skills Training and Beyond: Expanding Livelihood Opportunities for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Kenya To order, contact 2001 The case for microbicides: A global priority, Second edition Power in Sexual Relationships: An Opening Dialogue among Reproductive Health Professionals Adolescent Girls' Livelihoods. Essential Questions, Essential Tools: A Report on a Workshop English: French: The Household Registration System: A Point-and-Click Revolution in Health and Demographic Research Adolescent Reproductive Behavior in the Developing World, Studies in Family Planning 29(2) Abstracts: Community-Based AIDS Prevention and Care in Africa. Results of Four Action-Research Interventions in East and Southern Africa Family Planning Operations Research: A Book of Readings FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT PUBINFO@POPCOUNCIL.ORG 8

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