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Population Council Program II

Objective: To evaluate safety and efficacy of levonorgestrel-releasing contraceptive implants (Norplant; Leiras Oy, Turku, Finland) in developing countries. DEC abstract (PN-ACN-922)

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65 facts shown; 3 unconfirmed links; 0 support mechanisms (not programs); 106 documents cite this program.

The one-paragraph answer: years, implementer, funder and purpose, each from document metadata.

Objective: To evaluate safety and efficacy of levonorgestrel-releasing contraceptive implants (Norplant; Leiras Oy, Turku, Finland) in developing countries. Methods: We used controlled cohort methodology. Women attending family planning clinics in eight developing countries selecting Norplant were enrolled, together with women of similar age choosing intrauterine devices (IUDs) or surgical sterilization. Participants were interviewed and examined at semi-annual visits and followed-up for 5 years regardless of change of contraceptive methods. Incidence rate ratios of health events were estimated for initial and current method use. Results: Altogether, 7977 women initiated Norplant, 6625 IUD, and 1419 sterilization. The overall follow-up rate was 94.6% and 78,323 woman-years of observation were accumulated. Pregnancy rates for Norplant, copper IUDs, and sterilization each averaged less than 1 per 100 woman-years. With two exceptions, no significant excess risk of serious morbidity was detected for Norplant users compared with controls. The incidence of gallbladder disease was higher in women who initiated Norplant use than in controls (rate ratio 1.52, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.

Source: DEC abstract, PN-ACN-922 (2001). This is the source's own text, not a cited summary of the documents.

Operated in: Ghana, South Africa, Bangladesh, Kenya, China, Ethiopia, Egypt, India, Zambia, Senegal, Indonesia, Southern Hemisphere, East Africa, Malawi.

Years: 1999 to 2008 award start, end from document years
Implementer: Population Council; Navrongo Health Research Centre; Nkwanta Health Development Centre (NHDC); and 7 more 105 sources
Funder or award: USAID. Bur. for Global Health. Ofc. of Population and Reproductive Health; HRN-A-99-00010; CCP-A-94-00013
Purpose: Not available yet: the program's stated purpose has not been read from its documents.

Districts, regions and facilities the program's own documents name, with what the document says it did there. Source: sentences in the program's documents

Districts, regions and facilities named in the program's own documents, not verified sites. Place dots exist for Malawi and Guatemala only so far.

Sample Built from district names in Malawi documents while the full place data loads; it is not yet the finished place list.

Solid: the documents describe the program's work there. Faint: named in the program's documents. Bigger means more mentions. Shown: district; squares are facilities.

District · 10 mentions · 2008
District · 1 mention · 2008

Countries where this program operated, set by the countries its documents name most often. Countries only tagged on documents are listed apart. Source: document tags, scope rule

When the program ran, from its start year to the latest document year. A hatched bar means the start is our estimate. Source: award and document years

Axis: award years, end from years in documents. The start year comes from award fiscal year; the end is the latest document year, so the program may have run longer.

Who started the program, and which administration it began under. Timing only; it does not say who started it. Source: initiative records, start year

Programs that came before or after this one. A stated link names a document; a likely link is read from the text. Source: succession links

Organizations that ran this program, from award records and document authors. Prime and sub roles are not split yet. Source: award and document records

Named as an institutional author on documents; whether prime, sub or consortium member is not recorded. Basis: read from a record field

Organizations named on this program's documents.
Name	Role	Years	Basis	Evidence
Population Council	implementer	2000 to 2008	Stated in a document	105 sources
Navrongo Health Research Centre	implementer	2001 to 2004	Stated in a document	68 sources

Identifiers of the awards and the organizations that funded it. Amounts are under Money. Source: award records

Basis: read from a record field

Awards this program is funded through (identifiers, not amounts).
Name	Years	Basis	Evidence
HRN-A-99-00010 (cooperative agreement, FY1999)	2000 to 2008	Stated in a document	105 sources
CCP-A-94-00013 (cooperative agreement, FY1994)	2002	Stated in a document	1 source

Labels on the program's documents, not a description of what the program did. Source: DEC document tags

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Not recorded yet: support mechanisms, money rows, evaluations and lessons. A missing record is not a finding. USAspending records start in FY2007; earlier obligations are missing, not zero.

Every document that cites this program, grouped by a stage label from a weak classifier. Source: document library

Population Council Program II

Evaluatorsassessed the program, never counted as implementers

Host-government counterpartsthe government body the program worked with

Name	Role	Years	Basis	Evidence
Centre for Operations Research and Training (CORT)	implementer	2004	Stated in a document	1 source
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Medicine. Program for International Training in Health (INTRAH)	implementer	2002	Stated in a document	1 source

Name	Role	Years	Basis	Evidence
Ghana. Ministry of Health. Ghana Health Service	lead ministry	2002	Likely, not confirmed	2 sources
Ethiopia. Ministry of Health	lead ministry	2001	Likely, not confirmed	1 source

Name	Years	Basis	Evidence
USAID. Bur. for Global Health. Ofc. of Population and Reproductive Health	2001 to 2008	Stated in a document	96 sources
USAID. Bur. for Global Programs, Field Support, and Research. Center for Population, Health and Nutrition. Ofc. of Population	2000 to 2001	Stated in a document	8 sources
Rockefeller Foundation	years not recorded	Stated in a document	4 sources
USAID. Mission to Egypt	2001	Stated in a document	2 sources
USAID. Mission to Ghana	2002	Stated in a document	2 sources
USAID. Mission to Kenya	2001	Stated in a document	1 source
Family Health International (FHI)	2001	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Bur. for Global Health. Ofc. of Health and Nutrition	2002	Stated in a document	1 source
Turner Foundation	2002	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Zambia	2002	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Bur. for Global Health. Ofc. of Health, Infectious Diseases, and Nutrition	2002	Stated in a document	1 source

Name	Years	Basis	Evidence
Ghana	2001 to 2005	Stated in a document	77 sources
Ctr for Population, Health & Nutrition	2000 to 2003	Stated in a document	11 sources
Bangladesh	2001 to 2005	Stated in a document	3 sources
Kenya	2001 to 2003	Stated in a document	3 sources
Egypt	2001	Stated in a document	2 sources
Ethiopia	2001 to 2002	Stated in a document	2 sources
India	2004	Stated in a document	2 sources
South Africa	2002 to 2004	Stated in a document	2 sources
Zambia	2002 to 2003	Stated in a document	2 sources
Senegal	2003	Stated in a document	1 source

What this program was

Where it worked2

Places14

Timelineyears: award years, end from document years

Political context

What followed what1

Implementers10

Awards and funding sources24

Topic tags15

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