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
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
April 2025 Opinion

Protecting global sexual and reproductive health and rights in the face of retrograde US policies and positions

Susheela Singh, Gilda Sedgh, Elizabeth A. Sully, Onikepe Owolabi and Jonathan Wittenberg The Lancet
November 2023 Opinion

To achieve development goals, advance sexual and reproductive health and rights

Ann Starrs, Alex Ezeh, Gilda Sedgh and Susheela Singh The Lancet
September 2017 Research Article

Global, regional, and subregional classification of abortions by safety, 2010–14: estimates from a Bayesian hierarchical model

Bela Ganatra, Caitlin Gerdts, Clémentine Rossier, Brooke Ronald Johnson, Özge Tunçalp, Anisa Assifi, Gilda Sedgh, Susheela Singh, Akinrinola Bankole, Anna Popinchalk, Jonathan Bearak, Zhenning Kang and Leontine Alkema The Lancet
April 2017 Opinion

Contraception, safe abortion, and the Zika response

Ann M. Starrs and Kelly Blanchard The Lancet
February 2017 Opinion

The Trump global gag rule: an attack on U.S. family planning and global health aid

Ann M. Starrs The Lancet
May 2013 Research Article

National, regional, and global rates and trends in contraceptive prevalence and unmet need for family planning between 1990 and 2015: a systematic and comprehensive analysis

Ann Biddlecom The Lancet
September 2016 Research Article

Diversity and divergence: the dynamic burden of poor maternal health

Susheela Singh The Lancet
May 2016 Research Article

Abortion incidence between 1990 and 2014: global, regional, and subregional levels and trends

Gilda Sedgh, Jonathan Bearak, Susheela Singh, Akinrinola Bankole, Anna Popinchalk, Bela Ganatra, Clémentine Rossier, Caitlin Gerdts, Özge Tunçalp, Brooke Ronald Johnson, Heidi Bart Johnston and Leontine Alkema The Lancet
May 2015 Research Article

Meeting demand for family planning within a generation: the post-2015 agenda

Jacqueline E. Darroch and Amy O. Tsui The Lancet
May 2013 Research Article

Trends in contraceptive need and use in developing countries in 2003, 2008, and 2012: an analysis of national surveys

Jacqueline E. Darroch and Susheela Singh The Lancet
September 2015 Opinion

A Lancet Commission on sexual and reproductive health and rights: going beyond the Sustainable Development Goals

Ann M. Starrs The Lancet
January 2012 Research Article

Induced abortion: incidence and trends worldwide from 1995 to 2008

Gilda Sedgh, Susheela Singh, Iqbal H Shah,, Elisabeth Åhman, Stanley K Henshaw and Akinrinola Bankole The Lancet
April 2006 Research Article

Vaccine for cervical cancer: reaching adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa

Ann Biddlecom, Akinrinola Bankole and Kate Patterson The Lancet

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The Lancet

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

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

Protecting global sexual and reproductive health and rights in the face of retrograde US policies and positions

To achieve development goals, advance sexual and reproductive health and rights

Global, regional, and subregional classification of abortions by safety, 2010–14: estimates from a Bayesian hierarchical model

Contraception, safe abortion, and the Zika response

The Trump global gag rule: an attack on U.S. family planning and global health aid

National, regional, and global rates and trends in contraceptive prevalence and unmet need for family planning between 1990 and 2015: a systematic and comprehensive analysis

Diversity and divergence: the dynamic burden of poor maternal health

Abortion incidence between 1990 and 2014: global, regional, and subregional levels and trends

Meeting demand for family planning within a generation: the post-2015 agenda

Trends in contraceptive need and use in developing countries in 2003, 2008, and 2012: an analysis of national surveys

A Lancet Commission on sexual and reproductive health and rights: going beyond the Sustainable Development Goals

Induced abortion: incidence and trends worldwide from 1995 to 2008

Vaccine for cervical cancer: reaching adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa