John Guillebaud

John Guillebaud
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
OccupationProfessor of family planning
Known for
  • Promoting voluntary family planning to prevent global overpopulation
  • Author of medical textbooks

John Guillebaud is Emeritus Professor of Family Planning and Reproductive Health at University College London. He was born in Burundi and brought up in Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, and Britain.[1][2] He qualified as a medical doctor from University of Cambridge in 1964.[3]

He was medical director of the Margaret Pyke Centre in London from 1998 to 2002.[4]

He is a patron of Population Matters (formerly the Optimum Population Trust)[5] and initiated the environment time capsule project.[6]

Selected publications

  • “Voluntary family planning to minimise and mitigate climate change”. British Medical Journal 2016;353:i2102 | doi:10.1136/bmj.i2102
  • Guillebaud, John (2019). Contraception Today (Nine ed.). Informa Healthcare.
  • Guillebaud, John (2017). Contraception: Your Questions Answered (Seven ed.). Churchill Livingstone. ISBN 978-0-7020-7000-6.
  • Guillebaud, John (2009). The Pill and other forms of hormonal contraception (The Facts) (Seventh ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-956576-4.

References

  1. ^ "John Guillebaud". The environment time capsule project. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Today: Thursday 26 March 2009". 28 March 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2019. James Naughtie interviews Guillebaud (at 8:35 to 8:40 am)
  3. ^ "List of Registered Medical Practitioners (The online Register)". General Medical Council. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  4. ^ "John Guillebaud: Passionate, perfectionist, persevering". BMJ. 9 April 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2025. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ "Population Matters Patrons". www.populationmatters.org. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014.
  6. ^ "The Environment Time Capsule". www.ecotimecapsule.com. Retrieved 28 July 2019.


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