Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
 

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Fact sheets

Facts About the Unmet Need For Contraception in Developing Countries [PDF] July 2007

In the Know: Questions About Pregnancy, Contraception and Abortion May 2006

Adding It Up: Examples of the Medical Benefits of Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health [PDF] August 2004

Adding It Up: Examples of the Non-Medical Benefits of Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health [PDF] August 2004

Highlighted policy articles

Promoting Sexual and Reproductive Health Advances Maternal Health  [PDF version] June 2009
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review

Making the Case for a 'Contraceptive Convenience' Agenda  [PDF version] October 2008
Sneha Barot
Guttmacher Policy Review

Hiding in Plain Sight: The Role of Contraception in Preventing HIV  [PDF version] February 2008
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review

Popularity Disparity: Attitudes About the IUD in Europe and the United States  [PDF version] November 2007
Adam Sonfield
Guttmacher Policy Review

Young People Need Help in Preventing Pregnancy and HIV; How Will the World Respond  [PDF version] August 2007
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review

The Role of Reproductive Health Providers in Preventing HIV  [PDF version] November 2004
Heather Boonstra
Issues in Brief

Women and Societies Benefit When Childbearing Is Planned  [PDF version] August 2002
Patricia Donovan and Deirdre Wulf
Issues in Brief

Family Planning Can Reduce High Infant Mortality Levels  [PDF version] April 2002
Patricia Donovan and Deirdre Wulf
Issues in Brief

"In Brief"

Contraception: An Investment in Lives, Health and Development [PDF] December 2008

Interpreting Research Studies [PDF] July 2006

The Role of Reproductive Health Providers in Preventing HIV  [PDF version] November 2004
Heather Boonstra

Women and Societies Benefit When Childbearing Is Planned  [PDF version] August 2002
Patricia Donovan and Deirdre Wulf

Family Planning Can Reduce High Infant Mortality Levels  [PDF version] April 2002
Patricia Donovan and Deirdre Wulf

U.S. Policy Can Reduce Cost Barriers to Contraception July 1999
Cynthia Dailard

Highlighted research articles

Differences in Teenage Pregnancy Rates Among Five Developed Countries: The Roles of Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use  [PDF version]
Jacqueline E. Darroch, Susheela Singh, Jennifer J. Frost and the Study Team
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 33, Issue 6, November/December 2001

Reports

Women with an Unmet Need for Contraception in Developing Countries and Their Reasons for Not Using a Method [PDF] July 2007
Gilda Sedgh, Rubina Hussain, Akinrinola Bankole and Susheela Singh

Assessing Costs and Benefits of Sexual and Reproductive Health Interventions [PDF] December 2004
Michael Vlassoff, Susheela Singh, Jacqueline E. Darroch, Erin Carbone and Stan Bernstein

Adding It Up: The Benefits of Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health Care [PDF] January 2004

In Their Own Right: Addressing the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Men Worldwide [PDF] March 2003

Slide shows

New Evidence to Address the Unmet Need for Contraception July 2007

Memos and statements

Statement by Sharon Camp, Ph.D. on "Adding It Up: The Benefits of Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health Care [PDF] February 2004
Sharon Camp, Ph.D.

Statement of Ms. Thoraya Ahmed Obaid on "Adding It Up: The Benefits of Investing" [PDF] February 2004
Thoraya Ahmed Obaid

Top Resources on Contraception

A Real-Time Look at the Impact of the Recession on Women’s Family Planning and Pregnancy Decisions [PDF] ( September 2009)

Facts on Publicly Funded Contraceptive Services in the United States [PDF version] ( February 2009)

Improving Contraceptive Use in the United States [PDF] ( May 2008)

Contraception Counts: Ranking State Efforts State and congressional district fact sheets on meeting women's needs for contraception (March 2006)

In the Know: Questions About Pregnancy, Contraception and Abortion Frequently asked questions (January 2007)

Facts on Contraceptive Use [PDF version] ( January 2008)

The Benefits of Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health [PDF version] Policy analysis on funding for international reproductive health services (June 2004)

 
 

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