Contraception and Reproductive Health Branch, NICHD. Report to the NACHHD Council, January 2004

摘要

The mission of the Contraception and Reproductive Health Branch (CRHB), part of the Center for Population Research (CPR) within the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), has traditionally been to support research on the discovery, development, efficacy, safety, and mechanisms of action of various methods of contraception, as well as on reproductive health and epidemiology. In 1997, two Branches within the CPR, specifically the Contraceptive Development Branch and the Contraceptive and Reproductive Evaluation Branch, merged to form the CRHB. The CRHB combines the research foci of these two components and has undertaken development of a broad program that includes exploration of new reproductive health and contraceptive technologies, establishment of research programs on HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), female pelvic floor disorders, and design of multicenter contraceptive clinical trials. During the past several years, CRHB-sponsored research on these and other topics has significantly expanded.