(April 2010) The demography of the United States is changing at an accelerated pace. Over the past 20 years, the number of Latino children under age 18 living in the United States has doubled, making them one of the fastest-growing segments of the national population.
(2010) Paraguay does not seem a likely candidate for rapid fertility decline: The population is poorer, more rural, and has lower educational levels than its neighboring countries.
(2010) Numerous studies have demonstrated the positive impact of girls’ education on child and maternal mortality, health, fertility rates, poverty, and economic growth.
Child marriage is a human rights violation.
(April 2010) Obesity rates have increased dramatically across socioeconomic and racial/ethnic groups in the United States. The overall rate rose by 37 percent between 1998 and 2006—putting families’ health at risk and raising health care costs.
(2010) Youth in parts of East Africa have among the world’s highest rates of HIV infection, in part because of their limited knowledge of sexual and reproductive health.
(2010) This year’s World Health Day (April 7) focuses on the importance of urban health.
(2010) The Malthus Lectureship, a partnership between the Population Reference Bureau and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), promotes the study of the connections among nutrition, food, agriculture, and population and invites an outstanding scholar or policymaker to give a presentation each year.
(April 2010) At the recent Vancouver Winter Olympics, much was written about Canada’s “Own the Podium” initiative to lead the medal standings.
(Janvier 2010) PRB a récemment publié un communiqué de politique de gestion intitulé Renforcement de l’intégration des services de planification familiale et de traitement du VIH.