All Contraceptive Users ≠ “Women of Reproductive Age”: On the Need for Gender- and Age-Inclusive Data
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Sep 232 min read
How Innovation Can Address Global Threats to Access Posed by Climate Crisis
On World Contraception Day, let’s consider the international implications of the climate crisis on medications and medical devices.
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Apr 13, 20234 min read
ICYMI: Here’s what people are saying about the Contraceptive Innovation Index
This blog was originally posted by Catalyst Global here Written By: Danielle Harris, Deputy Director of Product Introduction, Catalyst...
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Sep 19, 20221 min read
Celebrating the Emerging Leaders in Contraceptive Technology Innovation
The Emerging Leaders in Contraceptive Technology Innovation 2022 cohort celebrated their graduation from the mentorship program! This...
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Jul 27, 20225 min read
The Importance of Listening to Provider Voices in Contraceptive R&D
Post written by Margaret Gaw, Stanback Fellow, FHI 360. Last year, I had the notable opportunity to sit down with four healthcare...
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Jun 22, 20225 min read
The Need for Including Trans & Gender Diverse Persons Assigned Female at Birth in Contraceptive R&D
Author: Lee Sims, Biomedical Program Advisor, USAID (Photo credit: The Harvard Business Review) Amid continued high rates of unmet need...
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Mar 24, 20223 min read
Who’s Missing in Contraceptive R&D?
Post written by Emily Hoppes, MA, MPH, FHI 360, and @em_hoppes on Twitter Last year the CTI Exchange launched a series called “Beginning...
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Mar 16, 20223 min read
Harmonizing Product Labeling for the Hormonal IUD
Written by: Kelly Dannucci, Sr. Manager, Global Access, Medicines360/Impact RH360 Harmonizing pharmaceutical product labeling (i.e.,...
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Jan 5, 20225 min read
The Appeal and Potential of On-Demand Contraceptive Options
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...
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Dec 21, 20213 min read
MCI’s NHRMC Target Database
This post originally appeared on the Male Contraceptive Initiative website. View the original post here. What potential male...
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Nov 23, 20214 min read
Advancing Self-Care with Multipurpose Prevention Technologies (MPTs)
Post written by Hannah Rubens, Intern at CAMI Health and Madison Langrin, student at Johns Hopkins University and Intern at CAMI Health...
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Oct 11, 20215 min read
Contraceptives and Menstrual Disorders: Expanding the Potential of "Side Benefits"
Post written by Lillian Rountree and Margaret Gaw, interns at FHI 360 Last year, the CTI Exchange launched a blog series on rethinking...
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Sep 8, 20213 min read
Health Care Supply Chain Start-ups in sub-Saharan Africa are Transforming the Distribution Ecosystem
Post written by Marissa Velarde, MPH, Research Fellow, FHI 360, and @MarissaKVelarde on Twitter. Across sub-Saharan Africa, supply chain...
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Aug 24, 20212 min read
Self-Care and Contraceptive Technology
In this video, Grace Gayoso Pasion, Asia Regional Knowledge Management Officer for Knowledge SUCCESS sits down with Lisa B. Haddad,...
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Jun 15, 20214 min read
Conducting Clinical Trials During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Post written by Anja Lendvay, Clinical Operations Manager, Shacondra Johnson, Clinical Research Project Manager, and Emily Hoppes,...
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Jun 9, 20213 min read
A star is born: Getting health products to people is a multipronged journey
Post written by Kate H. Rademacher, Kristine Torjesen, and Markus J. Steiner, FHI 360. This post originally appeared on the degrees blog....
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Jun 3, 20216 min read
Four Things to Know About Decolonization for Contraceptive R&D
Post written by Shana Abraham, Duke University student and intern at FHI 360 A year ago, decolonization was a concept I had only vaguely...
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May 25, 20211 min read
Contraceptive-Induced Menstrual Changes
Our series on Beginning With the End In Mind continues this month with a celebration of Menstrual Hygiene Day, which is celebrated each...
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Apr 27, 20216 min read
Revamped and Revitalized: New Twists on Existing Contraceptives
Post written by Chastain Mann, WCG Cares and Ashley Jackson, PSI .This post originally appeared on the PSI Impact Blog. View the original...
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Apr 20, 20215 min read
Reimagining how social-behavioral research can be integrated into contraceptive R&D
Post written by Amelia Mackenzie, PhD ScM, FHI 360, and @AmesMack on Twitter Contraceptive product developers and funders alike have a...
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Mar 24, 20213 min read
Unfinished Business for Access to Contraception and HIV Prevention
Post written by Timothy D. Mastro, MD, DTM&H and Kavita Nanda, MD, MHS from FHI 360. This post originally appeared on the Knowledge...
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Mar 17, 20213 min read
How can we more effectively “begin with the end in mind” in contraceptive R&D?
How can we more effectively integrate considerations for acceptability, accessibility, affordability, and equity in contraceptive R&D?
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Mar 16, 20213 min read
Beginning with the End In Mind, A Series
“Beginning with the end in mind"; in the field of contraceptive research and development, we often use this phrase to highlight the...
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Feb 17, 20214 min read
Five key questions for anyone new to contraceptive R&D
Post written by Elizabeth Knippler, FHI 360 When I joined a team of researchers working in contraceptive technology in May 2020 through...
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Feb 4, 20217 min read
The “Swirling Vortex”: Visualizing the Route-to-Market for Male Contraception
Post written by Male Contraceptive Initiative. This post originally appeared on MCI's website. View the original post here. Introduction...
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Oct 23, 20204 min read
Time to leave the Hall of Mirrors
How misperceptions of the manufacturing sector do no favours for contraceptive access Post written by Brian McKenna, Deputy Director,...
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Sep 18, 20205 min read
Five market indicators that signal the hormonal IUS will take off
Post written by Kendal Danna, PSI Technical Advisor, Reproductive Health This post originally appeared on PSI. View the original post...
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Aug 10, 20204 min read
Caya Diaphragm: How a New Self-Care Product in Niger Is Meeting Women’s Unique Needs During COVID-19
Post written by Alexandra Angel, PSI This post originally appeared on PSI Impact. View the original post here. As COVID-19 disrupts...
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Jan 31, 20203 min read
Wave of the Future: Using Precision Medicine to Illuminate Side Benefits
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..
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Jan 23, 20204 min read
Are Contraceptives Good for Your Sex Life?
We tend to think of contraception as a medical versus a sexual good. Most studies of contraceptives, as well as most public health...
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Jan 16, 20203 min read
Contracepting at Midlife: Not Done Yet
The pregnancy rate in the United States has steadily declined during the last three decades, hitting subsequent lows in 2016 and 2017...
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Jan 9, 20204 min read
What Do Men Have to Do With It?: Exploring Side Benefits of Male Contraceptive Methods
New methods of male contraception are needed that allow men to contracept reversibly, and on a long-term basis. Men currently have...
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Dec 19, 20193 min read
Not all Bad: Rethinking Contraceptive Side Effects
Some method-related side effects are unquestionably undesirable for users. But some methods have often underappreciated noncontraceptive...
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Dec 19, 20193 min read
User Perspectives on Contraceptive Side Effects and Side Benefits
Contraceptives are consumer products. However, very little consumer research has informed the design and development of new contraceptive...
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Dec 19, 20194 min read
Exploring Side Benefits of Modern Contraceptive Methods
Side effects associated with modern contraceptive methods often get a “bad rap.” Notably, research shows that individuals often...
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Nov 4, 20194 min read
When are commodities not just “commodities”?
“Commodity” is a term commonly used by our community to refer to a vast range of products, from contraceptives and menstrual pads at one...
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Oct 21, 20192 min read
Pressing Pause on Your Fertility: Contraception via Egg Hibernation
Novel research from David Pépin’s lab's research may serve women as both a contraceptive and a fertoprotective – protecting against the...
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Jul 23, 20193 min read
Will Diaphragms Make A Comeback?
Use of the diaphragm dropped off as more contraceptive options became available. But Caya is not your grandmother's diaphragm. Called...
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Jul 22, 20192 min read
A New Frontier in Self-Care?: Self-Removal Options for Long-Acting Contraceptives
The recently released WHO Guidelines on Self-Care Interventions focused on sexual and reproductive health and rights include new self-care..
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Jul 18, 20193 min read
Self-Care and SRH: Developing Products that Women Can Self-Administer
On June 24, the World Health Organization (WHO) released its new Consolidated Guideline on Self-Care Interventions for Health: Sexual and...
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Jul 8, 20193 min read
Finding Her Contraceptive Match
As a young woman in Madagascar studying to become a seamstress, Honorina didn’t want the stress of worrying about unintended pregnancy...
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May 31, 20193 min read
Contraceptive Innovation at Women Deliver – A Look at the Past, The Present, The Future
Currently, there are about 15 different types of contraceptive products on the global market. In preparation for Women Deliver, we take...
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May 21, 20193 min read
Product Registration: Pro Tips for Program Managers
New contraceptive products have the potential to help women & girls plan the families and lives they desire. Among the 214 million women...
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Feb 13, 20192 min read
Why Aren’t Female Condom Markets Working?
Gloria dreams of a contraceptive and HIV prevention method that she can control. As a university student in Zambia, Gloria goes on dates...
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Jan 22, 20193 min read
New Female Condom: How to Interest Providers and Retailers
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
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Sep 25, 20181 min read
Celebrating #NextGenContraception on World Contraception Day
The CTI Exchange joins global partners in celebrating World Contraception Day which takes place on September 26th each year. To celebrate...
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Aug 8, 20182 min read
A Summer in Contraceptive Development
FHI 360’s Contraceptive Technology Innovation (CTI) department is filled with experienced professionals. Many of them have been working in..
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Jul 31, 20181 min read
New Summer Twitter Campaign: #NextGenContraception
The Contraceptive Technology Innovation Exchange’s summer social media campaign aims to highlight the importance of new contraceptive...
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Jun 6, 20182 min read
Contraceptive Technology Innovation: A Wise Investment
As long as some women and men find current family planning methods unacceptable, unaffordable, or inaccessible, there will be a need for...
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Jun 5, 20184 min read
Contraceptive Technology Innovation: It’s Everyone’s Business
This “Why do we need contraceptive technology innovation” blog series has showcased the critical need for new approaches in contraception...
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