Population Council
For Research On How Family Planning Program Efforts Impact Fertility Desires
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Amount$50,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/16/2009
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Term12 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.popcouncil.org
Address
One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 3rd Floor, New York, NY, 10017-2201, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
The Population Council generates ideas, produces evidence, and designs solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. Under its new strategic plan, it seeks to ensure sexual and reproductive health, rights, and choices by leveraging its long-standing thought leadership, cutting-edge research, and deep networks for evidence use.. (Strategy: Global Reproductive Equity)
for support to expand access to quality sexual and reproductive health services in West Africa
This grant will support the Population Council’s program of research, advocacy, and action focusing on Francophone West Africa. Specific activities include research on early pregnancy, capacity building of researchers and organizations, advocacy around safe abortion in Senegal, and participation in regional coordination groups including the Ouagadougou Partnership and le Centre ODAS. This grant is aligned with the Global Reproductive Equity strategy outcome to strengthen the reproductive health ecosystem in Francophone West Africa.
