Philippines Conference Energizes Integrated Population, Health, and Environment Approaches
The Philippines PHE Network convened the Third National Population, Health, and Environment Conference in March in Tagaytay City, Philippines. The conference, funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and other partners, brought together more than 300 practitioners, policymakers, advocates, researchers, and journalists from across the Philippines and five continents. Participants explored how to scale up the integrated PHE approach in the Philippines and internationally. (April 2008)

PRB Discuss Online: "Combating Malaria: A First-Hand Account From Congo"
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has unique and daunting challenges in its fight against malaria. In this PRB Discuss Online, Matthew Lynch, Global Health Council, answered participants' questions on this topic. Read a transcript of the questions and answers. (April 2008)

PRB Discuss Online: "Combating Malaria: What More Can We Do Now?"
Encouraging progress against malaria was made in the Americas and some parts of Asia in the last century, but the first global campaign to stop malaria didn't succeed. Experts, advocates, and communities have renewed efforts to stop malaria, but what will it take to ensure that the global health community is able to sustain the effort to stop malaria this time around. In this PRB Discuss Online, Nicole K. Bates, director of government relations at the Global Health Council, answered participants' questions on this topic. Read a transcript of the questions and answers. (April 2008)

Population, Health, and Environment Issues in the Philippines: A Profile of the National Capital Region (PDF: 1 MB)
This regional profile of the National Capital Region, Philippines, highlights key population, health, and environment indicators and important development challenges for the region. It is part of a PRB series covering select regions of the Philippines. (April 2008)

Population, Health, and Environment Issues in the Philippines: A Profile of Central Visayas (PDF: 1.4MB)
This regional profile of the Central Visayas Region, Philippines, highlights key population, health, and environment indicators and important development challenges for the region. It is part of a PRB series covering select regions of the Philippines. (April 2008)

Population, Health, and Environment Issues in the Philippines: A Profile of Cagayan Valley (PDF: 1.1MB)
This regional profile of Cagayan Valley, Philippines, highlights key population, health, and environment indicators and important development challenges for the region. It is part of a PRB series covering select regions of the Philippines. (April 2008)

Regional Profiles of Population, Health, and Environment Issues in the Philippines
National data can sometimes blur internal, regional differences in population, health, and the environment (PHE). This is especially true in the Philippines, the 12th most populous country in the world. With some 7,100 islands and a highly decentralized government, the Philippines varies considerably from region to region. To help raise awareness of PHE links at the regional level, the Population Reference Bureau has published a new series of regional population, health, and environment profiles for the Philippines. The first three regional profiles cover the National Capital Region (NCR), Central Visayas (Region 7), and Cagayan Valley (Region 2). (April 2008)

Race, Ethnicity, and Where You Live Matters: Recent Findings on Health and Mortality of U.S. Elderly
Over the past 50 years, remarkable improvements in health care and higher incomes have benefited older Americans from all racial and ethnic groups. But significant gaps persist and have even widened among some groups. Americans who are 65 years old today can expect to live another 18.4 years on average, approximately four more years than 65-year-olds could have expected 50 years ago. However, the health advantages gained over the last 50 years have not been the same for all groups. Among all major racial and ethnic groups, African American elderly fare the poorest with respect to mortality and health. (February 2008)

An East Africa PHE Network Takes Root
In November 2007, an East Africa Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) network took shape at a conference convened by the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) and LEM Ethiopia, the Environment and Development Society of Ethiopia. The conference, "Population, Health, and Environment: Integrated Development for East Africa," held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, drew field practitioners, policymakers, researchers, the media, community leaders, and advocates from 22 countries and five continents. They explored ways to address development priorities in East Africa through an integrated population-health-environment (PHE) approach. (February 2008)

Improving Early Childhood Nutrition Has Long-Term Economic Benefits
At a Population Reference Bureau policy seminar on Jan. 23, 2008, sponsored in part by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Reynaldo Martorell, discussed the effect of a nutrition intervention during early childhood on human capital assets and on the economic productivity of Guatemalan adults. Also view a 10-minute webcast interview with Professor Martorell. (February 2008)