Top Pick

MCIP highly recommends MaleContraceptives.org, a user-friendly overview of hormonal and nonhormonal male contraceptive research. MaleContraceptives.org also offers online discussion and tips for activism.

Organizations Active in Male Contraception

Parsemus Foundation
The first foundation to fund ultrasound research to test Dr. Fahim's work on ultrasound, and the foundation working to bring RISUG to men outside India by starting the research process in the U.S.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The big guys are joining in! The Gates Foundation is bringing its might and leadership to contraceptive research with its Grand Challenges in Global Health and its family planning focus area. Contraceptive research is one of the four pillars of Gates Foundation's reproductive health strategy.

U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
The NIH's Contraception and Reproductive Health Branch funds innovative contraceptive research.

Some other organizations studying new male contraceptives or the sociological aspects of contraceptive use:
US Agency for International Development (USAID)
CONRAD Program
The Population Council
Engender Health
Family Health International
The World Health Organization

Resources and data

Birth Control Methods
Information about current birth control methods, aimed at the public. From The National Women’s Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Managing Contraception
Additional descriptions of current birth control methods, from the authors of "Contraceptive Technology." Also includes a Q & A page.

Association of Reproductive Health Professionals' Contraception Resource Center
ARHP is a nonprofit organization comprised of reproductive health experts. This online resource center on contraception educates "health care providers and the general public about contraception and the many methods available today. It includes comprehensive lists of contraceptive methods as well as links to brochures, journals, online interactive tools, and other materials."

PubMed
The National Library of Medicine portal to scientific publications.

Guttmacher Institute
The Guttmacher Institute is a nonprofit organization focused on sexual and reproductive health research, policy analysis and public education. It publishes Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, International Family Planning Perspectives, The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy, and special reports on topics pertaining to sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Engender Health: Working with men
Case studies and workshops on involving men in reproductive health.

Population Reports publications
In-depth coverage of global reproductive health issues.

Population Reference Bureau DataFinder
Statistics about population, reproductive health, and more.

Male Contraception Using Testicular Heating: Suspensory method
One man’s careful documentation of his experience with artificial cryptorchidism, complete with photo and sperm count charts. An example of a man carefully doing all the background research to fully inform himself of knowns and unknowns before starting a heat method.

Male Contraception Using Testicular Heating: Hot bath method
One adventurous man's informal, humorous blog chronicles his DIY experience with contraception by testicular baths and then tracking his sperm motility with a microscope, using himself as a guinea pig to test the effects of different regimens.

Vas Methods and the Male Reproductive System: Graphics and More

Male Contraception: Interruption of Reproduction
Course material about male contraception, with lots of graphics, from Brown University. An easy-to-understand overview and primer. Mentions vas methods, heat, and oral methods.

Engender Health: Men's Health
Extensive information on no-scalpel vasectomy.

Vasectomy FAQ
Most-asked questions from alt.support.vasectomy.

No-scalpel Vasectomy videos
Several videos of vasectomy being done, starting with a video of Dr. Ronald Weiss, an NSV expert in Canada, performing a no-scalpel, no-needle vasectomy. (From a commercial site, a company that sells NSV tools to doctors.)

Additional Lists of Links

CONRAD program links page
A variety of links about contraception and population.

ReproLine program links page
Links to family planning organizations.