Webcast: Climate Change and Urban Adaptation: Managing Unavoidable Health Risks in Developing Countries
On May 14, demographic and environmental experts discussed the health effects of climate change on the world's growing urban population at the symposium "Climate Change and Urban Adaptation: Managing Unavoidable Health Risks in Developing Countries," held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The symposium was jointly sponsored by the Johns Hopkins University Population Center and the Population Reference Bureau. A webcast of the symposium is available online. (May 2009)

Building Ethiopia's Consortium for Integration of Population, Health, and Environment: Interview With CIPHE Coordinator Negash Teklu
Ethiopia's Coalition for Integration of Population, Health, and Environment (CIPHE) is a network of over 60 nongovernmental organizations, international donors, academic institutions, media outlets, and government ministries that seeks to enhance understanding of linkages between population, health, and the environment and promote integration for sustainable development. Jason Bremner, program director, Population, Health, and Environment at PRB, discussed the process of forming and building CIPHE, the reasons for its successful development, and its future plans with Negash Teklu, CIPHE's coordinator. (May 2009)

The Art of Coalition Building: A Population, Health, and Environment Consortium in Ethiopia
For more than a decade, PRB has nurtured national and international coalitions that address population, maternal and child health, global health priorities, and the environment. Sharing the successes and challenges of coalitions in similar contexts can motivate and instigate new coalitions. This article captures the experiences from a newly formed but rapidly advancing coalition focused on population, health, and environment issues in Ethiopia, with the hope that their experience will be valuable to similar nascent groups in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. (April 2009)

Leaders of the East Africa Population, Health, Environment Network Build Skills in Policy Communications/Advocacy
Leaders of the East Africa Population, Health, and Environment Network met in Kigali, Rwanda, from Feb. 23-27, 2009 to reaffirm their commitment to examine the complex linkages between population, health, and environment and explore integrated solutions to address these complex issues. The meeting brought together 30 champions of population, health, and environment from Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. (March 2009)

Integrating Population, Health, and Environment in Rwanda
The last decade in Rwanda's history has been one of transition and rebirth. Ten years ago, the country was emerging from several years of strife and civil conflict; in 2009, urban and rural areas are energized with the promise of steadily improving economic, social, and health conditions. Despite this impressive transformation, Rwanda faces various challenges, many related to the complex relationships between population trends, poverty, and environmental conditions. Continued improvement in the quality of life of Rwanda's citizens depends in large part on finding innovative and integrated solutions to complex population, health, and environment problems. (February 2009)

The Fred H. Bixby Forum: The World in 2050
The Fred H. Bixby Forum, "The World in 2050: A Scientific Investigation of the Impact of Global Population Changes on a Divided Planet," was held at the University of California, Berkeley, in January 2009. The forum focused on the impact of population growth and population decline on economic and social development, on resources, and on broad national and international issues such as energy use, environmental degradation and conflict. All presentations and discussions are webcast. (February 2009)

The World in 2050: A Scientific Investigation of the Impact of Global Population Changes on a Divided Planet (Day 1 Presentations)
The Fred H. Bixby Forum, "The World in 2050: A Scientific Investigation of the Impact of Global Population Changes on a Divided Planet," was held at the University of California, Berkeley, on Jan. 23 and 24, 2009. The forum focused on the impact of population growth and population decline on economic and social development, on resources, and on broad national and international issues such as energy use, environmental degradation and conflict. All presentations and discussions from Day 1 (and Day 2) are webcast. (February 2009)

The World in 2050: A Scientific Investigation of the Impact of Global Population Changes on a Divided Planet (Day 2 Presentions)
The Fred H. Bixby Forum, "The World in 2050: A Scientific Investigation of the Impact of Global Population Changes on a Divided Planet," was held at the University of California, Berkeley, in January 2009. The forum focused on the impact of population growth and population decline on economic and social development, on resources, and on broad national and international issues such as energy use, environmental degradation and conflict. All presentations and discussions from Day 1 and Day 2 are webcast. (February 2009)

'The World is Fat' – A PRB Policy Seminar With Professor Barry Popkin
The global confluence of changing diets, increased food marketing, access to technology, and lifestyle changes has led to an upsurge in global obesity, especially in developing countries. According to Barry M. Popkin, professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and director of the UNC-CH's Interdisciplinary Center for Obesity, 1.3 billion people are overweight while 800 million are underweight. The burden of obesity-related diseases is shifting rapidly toward the poor. On Dec. 10, Popkin visited PRB to discuss rising obesity worldwide and his new book, The World is Fat as part of PRB's ongoing Policy Seminar series. (December 2008)

Preventing Chronic Respiratory Diseases in Developing Countries
Millions of adults worldwide struggle with chronic respiratory diseases that sap their energy and can lead to their deaths. In 2007, an estimated 210 million people suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)— including emphysema and chronic bronchitis; 3 million died from COPD that year. The World Health Organization warns that COPDs and other chronic respiratory diseases, such as asthma, will increase 30 percent in the next 10 years if urgent actions are not taken. (November 2008)