Africa’s Future: Improving the Health of Mothers and Children
(2009) Every year, 265,000 mothers die in childbirth and 4.5 million children die before the age of 5 from preventable causes in sub-Saharan Africa.
Area of Expertise: Children, Youth, and Families
Expanding Contraceptive Choice: Five Promising Innovations
(2009) Contraception is a “best buy” for development. By helping individuals to choose when to have children, family planning saves lives; it prevents unintended pregnancies, averts maternal and child deaths, and prevents abortions.
PRB Discuss Online: Explaining India’s Deficit of Girls
(2009) India, along with China and several other countries, has a history of neglect for girls and women that produced lower female survival rates and an imbalanced ratio of males to females.
Évolution démographiques des pays musulmans
By asoares
(Mai 2013) Les Musulmans représentent environ un cinquième de la population mondiale—soit 1,6 milliard de personnes.
Policy Brief. Family Planning and Economic Well-Being: New Evidence From Bangladesh
(2009) Family planning is one of the most cost-effective health interventions in the developing world. For decades, research has shown that for a relatively modest investment, family planning saves lives and improves maternal and child health.
PRB Discuss Online: How Family Planning Can Save More Lives
(June 2009) Family planning saves the lives of millions of women and infants every year in developing countries. But it could save many more.
U.S. Hispanic and Asian Population Growth Levels Off
(2009) U.S. Asian and Hispanic/Latino population growth rates have started to slow, according to the latest estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Urban Poverty and Health in Developing Countries
(2009) The era in which developing countries could be depicted mainly in terms of rural villages is now in the past. A panoramic view of today’s demographic landscape reveals a myriad of cities and towns.
Effects of Early Life on Elderly Health
Personal choices made earlier in life can have lasting effects on elderly health.
Changes in Fertility Rates Among Muslims in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
(2009) The number of Muslims worldwide is projected to grow over the next decade to reach one-quarter of the world’s population, largely because of higher fertility among Muslim populations.