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The World Health Organization initiative on implantation research.

Griffin PD

UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva, 27, Switzerland. pauldavidgriffin@hotmail.com

Recognizing that the currently available contraceptive options represent a limited choice for women, contraceptive research and development programs have identified the process of implantation as a promising area for investigation. Contraceptive methods that prevent implantation and can be taken on a once-a-month basis appear to be an attractive option for many women in a variety of settings. A recently completed 5-year, international, collaborative research programme - conducted by the World Health Organization with financial support from the Rockefeller Foundation - has identified a number of promising leads for once-a-month method development and the more promising of these leads are being actively followed up in collaboration with the pharmaceutical industry.

Published 28 March 2005 in Contraception, 71(4): 235-8.
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