What We Do

Abortion

Contraception

HIV/STI Prevention

Linking Reproductive Health & HIV

Fellowship

Other

Where We Work

For biological, social, economic, and cultural reasons, women and girls are particularly vulnerable to HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Women now constitute the majority of new HIV infections worldwide and urgently need prevention methods that they can control. Through research and policy analysis, we seek to expand women’s options for HIV/STI prevention.

Projects include:

• Methods for Improving Reproductive Health in Africa (MIRA) trial
• MIRA Social Science Study
• MIRA Standard of Care Impact Evaluation
• Cervical Barrier Advancement Society (CBAS)
• Documenting the acceptability of woman-initiated/controlled barrier methods among sex workers in the Dominican Republic
• Evaluating the reproductive health content of nursing education in Palestine
• Providers’ perceptions of the diaphragm in Southern Africa and the United States
• Review of the literature on sexual behavior and knowledge in South Africa