(2015) Establishing healthy behaviors among young Africans could help stem a looming regional epidemic of noncommunicable diseases like cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and chronic respiratory conditions, according to this PRB policy brief and data sheet with comprehensive data appendix.
(March 2015) Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases, now account for more than 75 percent of all deaths in most countries in North Africa.
(2015) Three alumna of PRB’s Women’s Edition program and a fourth journalist who participates in PRB’s study tours and trainings in Francophone West Africa are among 15 journalists being honored by Women Deliver for their excellent reporting on the health and rights of women and girls.
The United States has more than 2 million people behind bars, and 45 percent were living with their children before they were imprisoned. U.
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(Février 2015) Cet essai est un court résumé d’un article écrit par John F.
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(2015) Rwanda today has been hailed as one of the few countries on a fast track to reducing child and maternal mortality–thus meeting two of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals in 2015.
(2015) Women and girls are among the more vulnerable groups in many communities as seen in their lower levels of education and poorer health.
(2015) This paper will make a case for the critical role of health care providers in treating girls and women who have undergone FGM/C and in protecting others from this harmful tradition.
This article focuses on the demographics of the 10 countries that make up the Sahel region–Burkina Faso, Chad, Eritrea, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Sudan.