Population Council

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The Population Council is an international, nonprofit, non-governmental organization that seeks to improve the well-being and reproductive health of current and future generations around the world and to help achieve a humane, equitable, and sustainable balance between people and resources. The Council conducts biomedical, social science, and public health research and helps build research capacities in developing countries. Established in 1952, the Council is governed by an international board of trustees.

Headquartered in New York, the Population Council has 18 offices in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and does work in over 50 countries. With an annual budget of $79.7 million [2008], it employs nearly 520 people from 33 countries with expertise in a wide array of scientific disciplines.

"Since John D. Rockefeller 3rd founded the Population Council in 1952, the world's socioeconomic and demographic landscape has undergone profound and unprecedented changes, and the Council's research agenda has evolved accordingly. HIV/AIDS, urbanization, adolescents, and aging are just some of the topics that have been added to the Council's longstanding work in biomedical research, contraceptive development, and improving access to high-quality reproductive health services."[1]

The Population Council Board of Trustees is comprised of leaders in the fields of biomedicine, business, economic development, health, the media, philanthropy, and social science.

• Margaret Catley-Carlson was president of the PC from 1991 to 1999. [2]

Contents 1 Funding 2 Tobacco 3 Senior Management 4 Trustees 5 Resources and articles 5.1 Related Sourcewatch articles 5.2 References 6 External links

Funding

The organization receives funding from the government as well as private foundations, corporations, and individuals. [3]

• "Funding Sources: National government (63%), foundations , corporations, other nongovernmental organizations, and individuals (12%), internal funds (13%), other governments (10%), multilateral organizations (3%). Accepts contract research. Budget (2008): USD 79.7 million."/[4], May 2008.

HIV/AIDS 'Reproductive Health'

• [5] Developing "next-generation" microbicide formulations combining the Council's candidate microbicide Carraguard® with other compounds such as antiretroviral drugs.
• [6]Antares Pharma and Population Council Announce Preliminary Positive Phase 2 Trial Results

First Transdermal Contraceptive ATD™ Gel Contains Nestorone®

• [7] Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation](12/02/2005): "$2,116,268 over 3 years to provide evidence-based research for the implementation of effective, affordable, and replicable interventions for the HIV/AIDS program in India."
• NIH Grant (11/29/2001) Helps Population Council Advance Promising HIV/AIDS Prevention Research: Support for 'Novel Anti-HIV Carrageenan-based Microbicides' Research May Result in More Options for Women to Protect Themselves From Infections.
• [8] USAID Provides Population Council $65 Million for HIV/AIDS Operations Research] (10/15/2002).

Tobacco

In 1977, the Population Council reported on the health hazards smoking posed to women who were taking birth control pills.[9] Despite this, in the early 1990s the Population Council sought funding from the Council for Tobacco Research, although many of their requests were turned down. [10][11]

Senior Management

Accessed December 2007: ^[1]

• Peter J. Donaldson - President
• Safaa El-Kogali - Regional Director, West Asia and North Africa
• Wendy Baldwin - Director, Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program
• John Bongaarts - Vice President, Distinguished Scholar
• Saroj Pachauri - Regional Director, South and East Asia
• Naomi Rutenberg - Director, HIV and AIDS Program
• James E. Sailer - Director, Corporate Affairs Division
• John W. Townsend - Director, Reproductive Health Program
• Patricia C. Vaughan - General Counsel and Secretary

Trustees

• Mark A. Walker - Chairman of the Board, Partner, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
• Darcy Bradbury - The Blackstone Group
• Marc A. Bygdeman - Professor Emeritus, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
• Peter J. Donaldson - President, Population Council
• Wafaa El-Sadr - [ICAP] New York, New York
• Lynn A. Foster - New York, New York
• Anna Glasier - [NHS Lothian] - Edinburgh UK
• Werner Holzer - Bad Homburg, Germany
• Henry L. King - Senior Counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell
• Charles D. Klein - Managing Director, American Securities, LLC
• Anna Mastroianni - [Univ of Washington School of Law] - Seattle, WA
• Cheikh Mbacke - [William and Flora Hewlett Foundation]
• Robert B. Millard - Managing Director, Realm Partners, LLC
• Jotham Musinguzi - Director, Population Secretariat, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Kampala, Uganda
• Anne R. Pebley - [UCLA School of Public Health] - Los Angeles, CA
• Justin A. Rockefeller - [Generation Engage]

Contact

New York Headquarters
One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
New York, NY 10017
Telephone: (212) 339-0500
Fax: (212) 755-6052
Email: pubinfo@popcouncil.org
Homepage: http://www.popcouncil.org

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Resources and articles

Related Sourcewatch articles

• population control
• reproductive health
• sustainable development
• Timeline to global governance
• United Nations Sustainable Development Program
• George F. Brown - Former Vice President for international programs
• George Zeidenstein
• Mechai Viravaidya - former trustee
• Barnett F. Baron
• Ana Langer

References

1. ↑ Management, Population Council, accessed December 28, 2007.

External links

• 7 September 1994: "Imperatives for the Future: Looking back, moving forward, Creating the Future we Want" by Margaret Catley-Carlson, President, Population Council at The International Conference on Population and Development, Plenary Session.
• The Population Council Program III, USAID research grant for contraceptive development, 08/1999-09/2004.

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