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
October 2025 Research Article

Interface of perceived self-efficacy on safe abortion and lived experiences among women of reproductive age in Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia: A community based cross-sectional study

Wakgari B. Daga, Taklu M. Mokonnon, Niguse T. Atnafu, Amene A. Kerbo, Beimnet D. Kedida and Stephanie Küng African Journal of Reproductive Health
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
September 2025 Research Article

Advancing new directions for family planning measurement

Ilene S. Speizer, Elizabeth A. Sully, Georgina Binstock and Niranjan Saggurti 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
August 2025 Research Article

Assessing induced abortion underreporting in restrictive settings using prospective morbidity surveys from Kenya, Liberia, and Sierra Leone

Boniface Ayanbekongshie Ushie, Kenneth Juma , Isaiah Akuku and Margaret Giorgio Scientific Reports
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
July 2025 Research Article

Estimating the incidence of induced abortion among women in refugee settings in Ethiopia

Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Stephanie Küng, George Odwe, Yadeta Dessie, Dagim Habteyesus, Bonnie Wandera, Caitlin Rich, Peter Kisaakye, Caroline W. Kabiru, Francis Obare and Margaret Giorgio BMC Conflict and Health
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
April 2025 Research Article

Estimating incidence of induced abortion and unintended pregnancy among women in refugee settlements in Uganda

George Odwe, Peter Kisaakye, Francis Obare, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Bonnie Wandera, Stephanie Küng, Caitlin Rich and Margaret Giorgio 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
March 2025 Research Article

Abortion-related morbidity and mortality in Sierra Leone: results from a 2021 cross-sectional study

Stephanie Küng, Francis Moses, Kenneth Juma , Esther Mutuku, Mohamed Koblo Kamara, Margaret Giorgio and Boniface Ayanbekongshie Ushie BMC Public 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

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