Health & Wellness
We promote opportunities to improve health and well-being, with an emphasis on substance use, HIV/AIDS, and sexual and reproductive health issues.
Impact Stories
Highlights
Evaluated the Zika virus’s impact on pregnant women and their unborn children
Improved maternal, neonatal, and child health services in Indonesia
Determined that using ultrasounds in health centers reduces maternal, fetal, and newborn mortality rates in Sub-Saharan Africa
Implemented an evidence-based intervention in South African health clinics among HIV-positive, sexually active women who use drugs
Evaluated three multipurpose technologies to prevent HIV and unintended pregnancy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Identified better approaches to measure the benefits and social harms of microbicide use and to promote their uptake through knowledge dissemination
Examined the association of criminal justice involvement with unmet health care needs of African American women who use illicit drugs