Author: Lee Sims, Biomedical Program Advisor, USAID (Photo credit: The Harvard Business Review) Amid continued high rates of unmet need...

Post written by Emily Hoppes, MA, MPH, FHI 360, and @em_hoppes on Twitter Last year the CTI Exchange launched a series called “Beginning...

Written by: Kelly Dannucci, Sr. Manager, Global Access, Medicines360/Impact RH360 Harmonizing pharmaceutical product labeling (i.e.,...

Post written by Ashley Jackson and Léonce Dossou for the PSI blog. View the original post here. Péniel, age 23, and Valérie, age 42, both...

This post originally appeared on the Male Contraceptive Initiative website. View the original post here. What potential male...

Post written by Hannah Rubens, Intern at CAMI Health and Madison Langrin, student at Johns Hopkins University and Intern at CAMI Health...

Post written by Lillian Rountree and Margaret Gaw, interns at FHI 360 Last year, the CTI Exchange launched a blog series on rethinking...

Post written by Marissa Velarde, MPH, Research Fellow, FHI 360, and @MarissaKVelarde on Twitter. Across sub-Saharan Africa, supply chain...

In this video, Grace Gayoso Pasion, Asia Regional Knowledge Management Officer for Knowledge SUCCESS sits down with Lisa B. Haddad,...

Post written by Anja Lendvay, Clinical Operations Manager, Shacondra Johnson, Clinical Research Project Manager, and Emily Hoppes,...

Post written by Kate H. Rademacher, Kristine Torjesen, and Markus J. Steiner, FHI 360. This post originally appeared on the degrees blog....

Post written by Shana Abraham, Duke University student and intern at FHI 360 A year ago, decolonization was a concept I had only vaguely...

Our series on Beginning With the End In Mind continues this month with a celebration of Menstrual Hygiene Day, which is celebrated each...

Post written by Chastain Mann, WCG Cares and Ashley Jackson, PSI .This post originally appeared on the PSI Impact Blog. View the original...

Post written by Amelia Mackenzie, PhD ScM, FHI 360, and @AmesMack on Twitter Contraceptive product developers and funders alike have a...

Post written by Timothy D. Mastro, MD, DTM&H and Kavita Nanda, MD, MHS from FHI 360. This post originally appeared on the Knowledge...

How can we more effectively integrate considerations for acceptability, accessibility, affordability, and equity in contraceptive R&D?

“Beginning with the end in mind"; in the field of contraceptive research and development, we often use this phrase to highlight the...

Post written by Elizabeth Knippler, FHI 360 When I joined a team of researchers working in contraceptive technology in May 2020 through...

Post written by Male Contraceptive Initiative. This post originally appeared on MCI's website. View the original post here. Introduction...

How misperceptions of the manufacturing sector do no favours for contraceptive access Post written by Brian McKenna, Deputy Director,...

Post written by Kendal Danna, PSI Technical Advisor, Reproductive Health This post originally appeared on PSI. View the original post...

Post written by Alexandra Angel, PSI This post originally appeared on PSI Impact. View the original post here. As COVID-19 disrupts...

Personally, I love the idea of side benefits. Perhaps that’s because my own hormonal IUD has afforded me one of the best side benefits out..

We tend to think of contraception as a medical versus a sexual good. Most studies of contraceptives, as well as most public health...

The pregnancy rate in the United States has steadily declined during the last three decades, hitting subsequent lows in 2016 and 2017...

New methods of male contraception are needed that allow men to contracept reversibly, and on a long-term basis. Men currently have...

Some method-related side effects are unquestionably undesirable for users. But some methods have often underappreciated noncontraceptive...

Contraceptives are consumer products. However, very little consumer research has informed the design and development of new contraceptive...

Side effects associated with modern contraceptive methods often get a “bad rap.” Notably, research shows that individuals often...

“Commodity” is a term commonly used by our community to refer to a vast range of products, from contraceptives and menstrual pads at one...

Novel research from David Pépin’s lab's research may serve women as both a contraceptive and a fertoprotective – protecting against the...

Use of the diaphragm dropped off as more contraceptive options became available. But Caya is not your grandmother's diaphragm. Called...

The recently released WHO Guidelines on Self-Care Interventions focused on sexual and reproductive health and rights include new self-care..

On June 24, the World Health Organization (WHO) released its new Consolidated Guideline on Self-Care Interventions for Health: Sexual and...

As a young woman in Madagascar studying to become a seamstress, Honorina didn’t want the stress of worrying about unintended pregnancy...

Currently, there are about 15 different types of contraceptive products on the global market. In preparation for Women Deliver, we take...

New contraceptive products have the potential to help women & girls plan the families and lives they desire. Among the 214 million women...

Gloria dreams of a contraceptive and HIV prevention method that she can control. As a university student in Zambia, Gloria goes on dates...

Clara took a chance and bought 15 units of Whisper, a new female condom, to sell in her small shop in the fast-growing city of Mzuzu, Malawi

The CTI Exchange joins global partners in celebrating World Contraception Day which takes place on September 26th each year. To celebrate...

FHI 360’s Contraceptive Technology Innovation (CTI) department is filled with experienced professionals. Many of them have been working in..

The Contraceptive Technology Innovation Exchange’s summer social media campaign aims to highlight the importance of new contraceptive...

As long as some women and men find current family planning methods unacceptable, unaffordable, or inaccessible, there will be a need for...

This “Why do we need contraceptive technology innovation” blog series has showcased the critical need for new approaches in contraception...

When it comes to female contraceptive products, innovation has been more evolutionary than revolutionary. With high unmet need still...

Expanding contraceptive options for voluntary family planning is critical for three reasons. First, different individuals have different...

Fueled by a new generation of women not willing to accept hormone-induced side effects, a group of mucus engineers and entrepreneurs is....

Access to safe and effective methods of family planning is fundamental to health, education, economic opportunities, and empowerment...

Contraceptive implants have been available for over 30 years and are one of the most effective methods available. Until recently, however...