(2003) From instituting new maternal health policies to addressing the quality of health services for pregnant women and their newborns, Guatemala is taking a number of steps to try to reduce deaths and disability related to pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum complications.
(June 2003) The United States has always had a significant foreign-born population, but the number of foreign born reached an all-time high of 32.5 million in 2002 — equal to 11.
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(2003) Poor access to health facilities and low-quality health care delivery may be among the reasons that Zambia is facing increasing levels of maternal deaths.
(2003) Fast-paced population growth and rampant urbanization represent some of the major population concerns in the Philippines, a country of 80 million people where the average number of children born to a woman is close to four and where a sizeable 37 percent of the population is under age 15.
(2003) The successes are real, but they’re small compared to the task: reaching the half-million adolescents who form some 20 percent of this island’s 2.5 million population and enabling them to adopt healthier sexual lifestyles.
(2003) Since gaige kaifang or “reform and opening” began in 1979, China has moved to integrate itself into the global economic system, attracting foreign investment and exporting its goods to the world.
(May 2003) Use of family planning improves health by enabling couples to bear children during the healthiest times for themselves and their children. Family planning helps couples to space the births of their children and to prevent unwanted pregnancies.
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(2003) Depuis 1979, début des gaige kaifang (réforme et ouverture), la Chine a pris le chemin de son intégration dans le système économique mondial, les investissements étrangers sur son territoire et l’exportation de ses produits dans le monde entier.
(2003) Reaching age 100 has long fascinated society. The century mark holds an almost mystical importance as a seal of hardiness and good health — the sign of a life well-lived.
(April 2003) China is at significant risk of a generalized HIV/AIDS epidemic as the disease is spreading from relatively localized high-risk groups into the mainstream population.