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January 30, 2017

Could a contraceptive app be as good as the pill?

Susan Walker, Anglia Ruskin University

New technology claims to offer an effective alternative to hormonal contraception.

It’s not always that simple. Shutterstock

November 8, 2016

Keeping girls at school may reduce teenage pregnancy and STIs – but sex education doesn’t

Amanda Mason-Jones, University of York

A detailed new review should encourage us to ask some awkward questions.

Okay for women, but what about men? Shutterstock

November 5, 2016

Why the male ‘pill’ is still so hard to swallow

Adam Watkins, Aston University

Side effects have led to the plug being pulled on the male contraceptive injection. But what about those experienced by women on the pill?

Injectable progestin contraceptives are particularly popular in sub-Saharan Africa. Shutterstock

July 21, 2016

The search for answers to hormonal contraception’s role in HIV infection

Thomas L. Cherpes, The Ohio State University

Studies have suggested that women using a particular kind of injectable contraceptive are more susceptible to HIV infection. Research in mice offers new insights.

Birth control has become a flash point at the Supreme Court. Joshua Roberts/Reuters

April 27, 2016

How limiting women’s access to birth control and abortions hurts the economy

Michele Gilman, University of Baltimore

Providing women with a range of reproductive health options – from abortions to IUDs – is not only essential for their financial security but good for the economy as well.

Women would prefer a product that addresses multiple sexual and reproductive health risks at the same time. shutterstock

December 3, 2015

The all-in-one solution to sexual health is on its way

Helen Rees, University of the Witwatersrand

Scientists are developing various products that can provide contraception and protection from sexually transmitted infections and HIV at the same time.

Top contributors

Helen Rees
Executive Director of the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
Thomas L. Cherpes
Associate Professor in the College of Medicine, The Ohio State University
Michele Gilman
Venable Professor of Law, University of Baltimore
Adam Watkins
Research Fellow, Cell and Tissue Biomedicine, Aston University
Amanda Mason-Jones
Senior Lecturer in Global Public Health, University of York
Susan Walker
Senior Research Fellow/ Senior Lecturer in Sexual Health, Anglia Ruskin University