# WH Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health: Scholarship \& Science for Social Change

> The Institute works as an innovator, partner, advocate and convener to promote access to universal reproductive health and family planning for all\.

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## Pages
- [About](https://gatesinstitute.org/about/)
- [Contact Us](https://gatesinstitute.org/contact/)
- [Demographic Futures, Population, and Environment](https://gatesinstitute.org/demographic-futures-population-environment/)
- [Best Practices Scale Up](https://gatesinstitute.org/best-practices-scale-up/)
- [Events](https://gatesinstitute.org/events/)
- [Gates Institute Staff](https://gatesinstitute.org/staff/): A global leader in family planning and reproductive health, the WH Gates  Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, in the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health at BSPH, plays a key role in advancing evidence\-based family planning policies, practice, and programs worldwide\.

The Institute features a dynamic, innovative working environment, with opportunities to work with leaders in research and advocacy, both established and emerging; to contribute at a high level to the organization’s forward progress; and to contribute to sustainable, positive change for women and men, communities, and countries\.
- [Gender Equity](https://gatesinstitute.org/gender-equity/): Gender Equity is integrated across all Gates Institute Global Programs and is rooted in our intersectional approach to global health\. 

Gender equity is not only cross\-cutting but also foundational to all of our work, providing the guiding principles and comprehensive programming necessary to achieve our goals of social justice, empowerment, and equality for all communities, particularly those marginalized due to gender\-based disparities\.
- [Global Programs](https://gatesinstitute.org/global-programs/)
- [Demographics and Planetary Health Story Prize](https://gatesinstitute.org/demographics-planetary-health-story-prize/): This contest honors original published journalism connecting demographic change to planetary health\. Learn how to enter\.
- [Future of Family Planning Convening](https://gatesinstitute.org/ffpc/): The Future of Family Planning Convening brought together global leaders, researchers, advocates, and policymakers to strengthen evidence\-based action, drive advocacy, and align priorities for advancing family planning \(FP\) and sexual and reproductive health and rights \(SRHR\)\.
- [Honoring William H\. Gates Sr\.](https://gatesinstitute.org/honoringbillsr/)
- [News](https://gatesinstitute.org/news/): Get inspired by the stories of individuals, organizations, and communities that are driving transformative change in gender equity, sexual and reproductive health, and population dynamics at William H\. Gates Sr\. Institute for Population and Reproductive Health\.
- [Platforms](https://gatesinstitute.org/platforms/)
- [Next Generation Leaders](https://gatesinstitute.org/next-generation-leaders/): The Next Generation Leaders Global Program cultivates the next generation of gender equity experts through training, mentorship, and networking opportunities\.
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- [Policy, Advocacy, and Community\-building](https://gatesinstitute.org/policy-advocacy-community-building/)
- [Policy Brief: From Research to Policy Advocacy](https://gatesinstitute.org/publications-and-resources/policy-brief-from-research-to-policy-advocacy/)
- [Research, Measurement, and Data Monitoring](https://gatesinstitute.org/research-measurement-data-monitoring/)
- [Publications and Resources](https://gatesinstitute.org/publications-and-resources/): Search and discover peer\-reviewed journal articles and other publications and resources from WH Gates Institute\.
- [Press \& Media](https://gatesinstitute.org/press-media/)

## Posts
- [Global Health Surveys Start at 15\. Girls' Sexual Development Starts Long Before\.](https://gatesinstitute.org/2026/08/early-data-collection-for-girls-srh/): New research explores early adolescence and why collecting data before age 15 matters for girls’ sexual and reproductive health\.
- [Lagos RISE: A $7\.2 Million Push to Bring Family Planning to Every Corner of Lagos State](https://gatesinstitute.org/2026/10/lagos-rise-a-7-2-million-push-to-bring-family-planning-to-every-corner-of-lagos-state/): Led by WHGI, The Challenge Initiative launches Lagos RISE, a $7\.2 million, three\-year program expanding full\-method family planning access to all 20 local government areas of Lagos State, Nigeria\.
- [The Next Chapter of Research for WHGI](https://gatesinstitute.org/2026/10/the-next-chapter-of-research-for-whgi/): Dr\. Philip Anglewicz, Director of the William H\. Gates Sr\. Institute, outlines the evolving WHGI research agenda: contraception, maternal and adolescent health, abortion and infertility\. 
- [TCI's Advocates Secure Private\-Sector Funding for Family Planning Services in Dakar](https://gatesinstitute.org/2026/09/tcis-advocates-secure-private-sector-funding-for-family-planning-services-in-dakar/): In Dakar, Senegal, a TCI\-supported local advocacy group secured nearly USD 10,000 from Woodside Energy Senegal to fully fund the district's quarterly family planning workplan\.
- [The Future of Global Health Data: Why Innovation in Surveys Matters More Than Ever](https://gatesinstitute.org/2026/07/the-future-of-global-health-data-why-innovation-in-surveys-matters-more-than-ever/): As global health funding shifts and major survey programs face an uncertain future, PMA is demonstrating how innovative survey design, local partnerships, and AI\-ready approaches can strengthen global health data\. Learn how PMA is shaping the future of evidence generation to inform policies, improve reproductive health, and advance health equity worldwide\.

## Projects
- [Fertility and Pregnancy Outcomes among Women with Obstetric Fistula in Rural Malawi](https://gatesinstitute.org/project/fertility-and-pregnancy-outcomes-among-women-with-obstetric-fistula-in-rural-malawi/)
- [PMA2017 CÔTE D'IVOIRE FAMILY PLANNING BRIEF ROUND 1](https://gatesinstitute.org/project/pma2017-cote-divoire-family-planning-brief-round-1/)
- [Gender Differences in Sexually Active Life Expectancy in France](https://gatesinstitute.org/project/gender-differences-in-sexually-active-life-expectancy-in-france/): This study enhances population\-level indicators of sexual health by broadening the understanding of sexuality beyond partnered behaviors\. It reveals significant gender differences in sexual experiences throughout the life course, which lessen when considering sexual quality\.
- [Maternal deaths averted by contraceptive use: an analysis of 172 countries](https://gatesinstitute.org/project/maternal-deaths-averted-by-contraceptive-use-an-analysis-of-172-countries-3/): Analysis of 172 countries finds contraceptive use averted 272,040 maternal deaths in 2008, a 44% reduction, with unmet need still high worldwide\.
- [Trends in contraceptive prevalence rates in sub\-Saharan Africa since the 2012 London Summit on Family Planning: results from repeated cross\-sectional surveys](https://gatesinstitute.org/project/trends-in-contraceptive-prevalence-rates-in-sub-saharan-africa-since-the-2012-london-summit-on-family-planning-results-from-repeated-cross-sectional-surveys/): Post\-2012 London Summit survey data show modern contraceptive prevalence rising across eight sub\-Saharan African countries, exceeding the FP2020 growth target\.

## Teams
- [Kellie Welborn](https://gatesinstitute.org/team-member/kellie-welborn/): In her role as Deputy Director for the William H\. Gates Sr\. Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, Kellie works to ensure that the multiple global programs and platforms housed within the Institute work synergistically with local partners within the countries in which we work across the globe to utilize science and scholarship to generate social change to advance universal, equitable access to sexual and reproductive health and rights\. 
- [Caroline Moreau](https://gatesinstitute.org/team-member/caroline-moreau/): Caroline Moreau is Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Senior Researcher at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research \(INSERM\), and Research Director at the William H\. Gates Sr\. Institute for Population and Reproductive Health\. Her work examines how gender, social class, race, and other forms of social inequality shape sexual and reproductive health across the life course\.
- [Linnea A\. Zimmerman](https://gatesinstitute.org/team-member/linnea-zimmerman/): Dr\. Linnea Zimmerman has a PhD from the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a Masters in Public Health from Emory University\. She has a background in demography and focuses on family planning and women's reproductive health research\. 
- [Philip Anglewicz](https://gatesinstitute.org/team-member/philip-anglewicz/): Dr\. Philip Anglewicz is Director of the William H\. Gates Sr\. Institute for Population and Reproductive Health and Principal Investigator of the Performance Monitoring for Action Project\. 
- [Carolina Cardona](https://gatesinstitute.org/team-member/carolina-cardona/): Carolina Cardona is a health economist focused on understanding demographic processes and their effect on economic development\. She is particularly interested in the influence of women’s sexual and reproductive health decisions on women’s roles in society and how they shape demographic transitions\. 

## Platforms
- [Family Planning News Network \(FPNN\)](https://gatesinstitute.org/platform/fpnn/)
- [Performance Monitoring for Action \(PMA\)](https://gatesinstitute.org/platform/pmadata/): Performance Monitoring for Action, or PMA, generates frequent, high\-quality surveys that monitor key health and development indicators across countries in Africa and Asia—producing rapid\-turnaround, open\-source data for research, program planning, and evidence\-based policymaking\.
- [International Conference on Family Planning \(ICFP\)](https://gatesinstitute.org/platform/the-icfp/)
- [SMART Advocacy](https://gatesinstitute.org/platform/advocacy/): SMART Advocacy \(Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time\-bound Advocacy\) is a practical, evidence\-informed approach that helps advocates develop focused strategies to achieve policy and funding change\.
- [The Challenge Initiative \(TCI\)](https://gatesinstitute.org/platform/tci-the-challenge-initiative/)

## Feed Groups
- [TCI](https://gatesinstitute.org/feedzy-category/tci/)

## Categories
- [News](https://gatesinstitute.org/category/news/)
- [Events](https://gatesinstitute.org/category/events/)
- [Uncategorized](https://gatesinstitute.org/category/uncategorized/)
- [ICFP](https://gatesinstitute.org/category/icfp/)
- [TCI](https://gatesinstitute.org/category/tci/)

## Tags
- [No Research](https://gatesinstitute.org/tag/no-research/)
- [Research: Contraceptive Dynamics](https://gatesinstitute.org/tag/research-contraceptive-dynamics/)
- [TCI](https://gatesinstitute.org/tag/tci/)
- [News](https://gatesinstitute.org/tag/news/)
- [Platform: TCI](https://gatesinstitute.org/tag/platform-tci/)

## Categories
- [Templates](https://gatesinstitute.org/layout_category/templates/)
- [Featured Resources](https://gatesinstitute.org/layout_category/featured-resources/)

## Type
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## Module Width
- [regular](https://gatesinstitute.org/module_width/regular/)

## Scope
- [non\_global](https://gatesinstitute.org/scope/non_global/)
- [global](https://gatesinstitute.org/scope/global/)
- [not\_global](https://gatesinstitute.org/scope/not_global/)

## Project Categories
- [Peer\-reviewed Journal Articles](https://gatesinstitute.org/project_category/peer-reviewed-journal-articles/)
- [Fact Sheets](https://gatesinstitute.org/project_category/fact-sheets/)
- [Case Studies \& Briefs](https://gatesinstitute.org/project_category/case-studies-briefs/)
- [Caroline Moreau](https://gatesinstitute.org/project_category/caroline-moreau/)
- [Suzanne Bell](https://gatesinstitute.org/project_category/suzanne-bell/)

## Project Tags
- [PMA](https://gatesinstitute.org/project_tag/pma/)
- [TCI](https://gatesinstitute.org/project_tag/tci/)
- [Empowerment Webinar](https://gatesinstitute.org/project_tag/empowerment-webinar/)
- [Advanced Family Planning](https://gatesinstitute.org/project_tag/advanced-family-planning/)
- [Saifuddin Ahmed](https://gatesinstitute.org/project_tag/saifuddin-ahmed/)

## Featured Staff
- [Saifuddin Ahmed](https://gatesinstitute.org/featured_staff_name/saifuddin-ahmed/)
- [Philip Anglewicz](https://gatesinstitute.org/featured_staff_name/philip-anglewicz/)
- [Suzanne Bell](https://gatesinstitute.org/featured_staff_name/suzanne-bell/)
- [Celia Karp](https://gatesinstitute.org/featured_staff_name/celia-karp/)
- [Caroline Moreau](https://gatesinstitute.org/featured_staff_name/caroline-moreau/)

## Research Topics
- [Abortion and Reproductive Rights](https://gatesinstitute.org/research-topic/abortion-and-reproductive-rights/)
- [Contraceptive Dynamics and Access](https://gatesinstitute.org/research-topic/contraceptive-dynamics-and-access/)
- [Measurement and Evaluation](https://gatesinstitute.org/research-topic/measurement-and-evaluation/)
- [Women's Empowerment and Reproductive Coercion](https://gatesinstitute.org/research-topic/womens-empowerment-and-reproductive-coercion/)
- [Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health](https://gatesinstitute.org/research-topic/adolescent-sexual-and-reproductive-health/)

## Languages
- [English](https://gatesinstitute.org/language/english/)
- [French](https://gatesinstitute.org/language/french/)
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## Locations
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- [Uganda](https://gatesinstitute.org/location/uganda/)
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- [Burkina Faso](https://gatesinstitute.org/location/burkina-faso/)

## Sources
- [Advance Family Planning](https://gatesinstitute.org/source/advance-family-planning/)
- [Performance Monitoring for Action](https://gatesinstitute.org/source/performance-monitoring-for-action/)
- [Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health](https://gatesinstitute.org/source/johns-hopkins-bloomberg-school-of-public-health/)
- [PMA](https://gatesinstitute.org/source/pma/)
- [Gates Institute](https://gatesinstitute.org/source/gates-institute/)

## Department Categories
- [Gates Institute Anchor Grant Team](https://gatesinstitute.org/department/anchor-grant/)
- [Performance Monitoring for Action](https://gatesinstitute.org/department/pma/)
- [Research](https://gatesinstitute.org/department/research-team/)
- [International Conference on Family Planning Secretariat](https://gatesinstitute.org/department/icfp/)
- [The Challenge Initiative](https://gatesinstitute.org/department/tci/)

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