Did Worldwide Inequality Drop Between 1960 and 2000?
A new study coauthored by a Nobel-Prize-winning economist says that life expectancy gains in less developed countries more than offset the widening global income disparity between rich and poor. (September 2005)

Abandoning Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (CD-ROM)

 This CD-ROM, in English and French, is a collection of data and research on female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) from a wide variety of sources. (August 2005)

2005 World Population Data Sheet

 Extreme poverty and environmental and health disparities still plague many countries. The Data Sheet provides up-to-date demographic, health, and environment data for all the countries and major regions of the world. (August 2005)

Birth Registration Called Fundamental to Alleviating Health Disparities
Counting all babies could help them more easily access health care as well as education and legal protection or standing. (August 2005)

Environmental Information on the Web
Among the many websites on the environment, here are several that are particularly useful for statistical data, reports, and other information on the environment and its links to population and health. (June 2005)

Promoting Healthy Behavior

 This policy brief is drawn from the longer report Promoting Healthy Behavior. Both the report and brief discuss ways in which health professionals can help individuals, communities, health systems, and governments make health-promoting decisions. To do this, public health and other professionals need to better integrate behavior-change strategies into their programs and policies at every level. (2005)

Health Bulletin: Promoting Healthy Behavior

 This Health Bulletin aspires to help public-health and other professionals better integrate behavior-change strategies into their programs and policies at every level. (May 2005)

Will Rising Childhood Obesity Decrease U.S. Life Expectancy?
A new study contends that rising childhood obesity rates will cut average U.S. life expectancy, but there is debate about the effects of obesity on mortality, and about the biological limits of a human lifespan. (May 2005)

Mixed Portrait for Health and Welfare of Youth in Developing Countries
A National Academies Press report says that youth in developing countries are better off than young people were 20 years ago, but the gains are uneven across regions. (May 2005)

Diaries from the Field: Keijzer in Mexico
Benno de Keijzer, a physician and founder of the Mexico-based Salud y Género, explores how reproductive health work must address issues related to gender—the economic, social, political, and cultural attributes and opportunities associated with being male or female. (April 2005)