PRB Discuss Online: Combating Malaria, a First-Hand Account From Congo
(2008) The global health community is mounting an unprecedented effort against the deadly scourge of malaria.
Area of Expertise: Children, Youth, and Families
PRB Discuss Online: Combating Malaria, What More Can We Do Now?
(2008) 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.
Immigration Gives Catholicism a Boost in the United States
(2008) Results from a new U.S.
Research Best Practices: Translation and Dissemination
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Family Planning in Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Mali
(April 2008) West Africa has one of the most rapidly growing populations in the world, and on average, women here have 5.7 births during their lifetimes.
PRB Discuss Online: Managing Unauthorized Migration
(2008) Unauthorized migration is a major issue in the United States and many other countries, sometimes generating intense publicity and debate.
Global Aging and the Demographic Divide
(2008) In the latter half of the last century, the world’s developed nations completed a long process of demographic transition.1
Population Losses Mount in U.S. Rural Areas
(2008) Despite rapid population growth in parts of the U.S.
Family Planning Worldwide 2008 Data Sheet
(2008) The worldwide demand for family planning services is growing because of two trends: the burgeoning numbers of young people entering childbearing age and the increasing adoption of contraceptive use.
PopWire: Preschoolers With Working Moms Rely on Grandparent’s Care
(2008)There were nearly 11.3 million children younger than 5 whose mothers were employed in 2005.