Global Research Articles

November 2025 Research Article

Who pays and what pays off in sexual and reproductive health? A review of the cost and cost-effectiveness of interventions and implications for future funding and markets

Prof Gesine Meyer-Rath, Lise Jamieson, Edinah Mudimu, Katherine Snyman, Prof Jason J Ong, Joseph Corlis, Mitchell Warren, Prof Virginia Wiseman, Katharine Kripke, Prof Ruanne Barnabas, Prof Andrew Phillips, Jennifer Head, Karin Stenberg and Elizabeth A. Sully The Lancet
November 2025 Research Article

Biomedical innovations in contraception: gaps, obstacles, and solutions for sexual and reproductive health

Prof Deborah J Anderson, Jonathan Bearak, Frances W Grimstad, Thesla Palanee-Phillips and Ariane van der Straten The Lancet
September 2025 Research Article

[Un]met need and [un]wanted family planning: A cross-sectional study among women in Argentina, Ghana, and India examining characteristics, reasons, and alignment with fertility desires

Jewel Gausman, Niranjan Saggurti, Richard Adanu, Delia A. B. Bandoh, Mabel Berrueta, Suchandrima Chakraborty, Ernest Kenu, Nizamuddin Khan, Ana Langer, Nigri Carolina, Magdalene A. Odikro, Veronica Pingray, Sowmya Ramesh, Paula Vázquez, Caitlin R. Williams and R. Rima Jolivet Studies in Family Planning
August 2025 Research Article

Capturing pregnancy recognition trajectories: a critical reflection of new quantitative measures tested in Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria and Zambia

Joe Strong, Ann M. Moore, Ernestina Coast, Onikepe Owolabi and Tamara Fetters Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
July 2025 Research Article

Measuring unmet need for contraception using a person-centered algorithm: An application with a community-based sample of married Rohingya women in Bangladesh

Octavia Mulhern, Rubina Hussain, Joe Strong, Ann M. Moore, Mira Tignor, Kaosar Afsana, Pragna Paramita Mondal and Altaf Hossain Studies in Family Planning
June 2025 Research Article

The state of person-centered measurement for family planning need and use: A scoping review

Ilene S. Speizer, Elizabeth A. Sully, Youmna M. Hashem and Maame Araba A. Oduro Studies in Family Planning
May 2025 Research Article

Undesired births, contraception, and abortion before and after the Cairo Consensus: Trends in conditional undesired birth rates and the impact of contraception and abortion

Jonathan Bearak, Ellie Leong, Jewel Gausman, Jessica D. Rosenberg, Mariah Menanno, Samira M. Sackietey, Octavia Mulhern, Vladimíra Kantorová and Joseph Molitoris Studies in Family Planning
March 2025 Research Article

Unintended pregnancy and gender inequality worldwide: an ecological analysis

Gilda Sedgh and Jonathan Bearak BMJ Global Health
January 2025 Research Article

Abortion and unintended pregnancy in Pakistan: New evidence for 2023 and trends over the past decade

Zeba A. Sathar, Susheela Singh, Iqbal H. Shah, Muhammad Rehan Niazi, Tahira Parveen, Octavia Mulhern and Ali Mohammad Mir BMJ Global Health
January 2025 Research Article

Seeking abortion medications online: experiences from a mystery client study in Colombia

Daniel Arango Arango, Alice F. Cartwright, Ava Braccia, Ann M. Moore and María Mercedes Vivas BMJ Open
October 2024 Research Article

Progress towards sustainable development goals related to sexual health

Onikepe Owolabi, Jonathan Hopkins, Akinrinola Bankole and Jonathan Bearak Bulletin of the World Health Organization
August 2024 Research Article

Assessing post-abortion care using the WHO quality of care framework for maternal and newborn health: a cross-sectional study in two African hospitals in humanitarian settings

Estelle Pasquier, Onikepe Owolabi, Bill Powell, Tamara Fetters, Richard Norbert Ngbale, Daphne Lagrou, Claire Fotheringham, Catrin Schulte-Hillen, Huiwu Chen, Timothy Williams, Ann M. Moore, Mariette Claudia Adame Gbanzi, Pierre Debeaudrap, Veronique Filippi, Lenka Benova and Olivier Degomme Reproductive Health
June 2024 Research Article

Motivations for using misoprostol for abortion outside the formal healthcare system in Colombia: a qualitative study of women seeking postabortion care in Bogotá and the Coffee Axis

Juliette Ortiz, Nakeisha Blades and Elena Prada Reproductive Health
March 2024 Research Article

Perceptions and attitudes of Rohingya community stakeholders to pregnancy termination services: a qualitative study in camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Atiya Rahman, Joe Strong, Pragna Paramita Mondal, Audrey Maynard, Tasnima Haque, Ann M. Moore and Kaosar Afsana BMC Conflict and Health
May 2023 Research Article

Impact of the Global Gag Rule on women’s contraceptive use and reproductive health outcomes in Ethiopia: A pre–post and difference-in-difference analysis

Elizabeth A. Sully, Assefa Seme, Solomon Shiferaw, Doris W. Chiu, Suzanne Bell and Margaret Giorgio BMJ Open

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