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Explore the latest public health research and insights about Family Planning.

A woman holds up a contraceptive implant during Marie Stopes mobile clinical outreach team visit to a hospital in Rabai, Kenya. June 16, 2014.

Despite disruptions that threatened to derail momentum, demand for modern contraception has soared since 2012鈥87 million more women and girls using a modern method of family planning, according to  released today during the International Conference Family Planning.

Global Health NOW
Mechai Viravaidya, aka "Mr. Condom," signs a copy of his biography, From Condoms to Cabbages, for a visitor from the International Conference on Family Planning at the Cabbages and Condoms restaurant in Pattaya, Thailand.

In a back room of the prophylactic-festooned Cabbages and Condoms restaurant, Mechai Viravaidya鈥攁ka 鈥淢r. Condom鈥濃攖reated visitors in town for the International Conference on Family Planning to an explanation of how the restaurant got its unusual name and d茅cor.

Global Health NOW

A proposal to solve climate change by reducing fertility violates the tenets of reproductive justice鈥攁nd sparks tough ethical questions.

Public Health Magazine

Family Planning Faculty Experts

Looking for prominent public health experts in the field of family planning? They鈥檙e here at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

 

Cynthia Minkovitz
Professor
Population, Family and Reproductive Health

Cynthia Minkovitz, MD, MPP, focuses on enhancing the quality of preventive services for children and understanding how policies and programs impact child and family well-being.

Saifuddin Ahmed
Professor
Population, Family and Reproductive Health

Saifuddin Ahmed, MBBS, PhD 鈥96, his research includes reproductive epidemiology, particularly maternal mortality estimation; program evaluation for family planning and MCH care.

Jose Rimon
Senior Scientist
- Emeritus
Population, Family and Reproductive Health

Jose G. Rimon, PgDip, MA, an internationally recognized leader in population, reproductive health, and family planning, managing policy and advocacy public health portfolios.