Fact Sheet. Malnutrition: Nigeria’s Silent Crisis
Each year about 1 million Nigerian children die before their fifth birthday. Malnutrition contributes to nearly half of these deaths.
Area of Expertise: Population Dynamics and Planning
Poster. Nigeria’s Silent Crisis: What is the level of malnutrition in your state?
Each year about 1 million Nigerian children die before their fifth birthday. Malnutrition contributes to nearly half of these deaths.
Narrowing Old-Age Gender Gap in U.S. Linked to Smoking Trends
(2015) Women live longer than men in the United States and in nearly every country in the world.
What Is World Population on World Population Day?
In 1989, on the first World Population Day designated by the United Nations, there were 5.2 billion people living on Earth.
Fiche de données. Disparités Entre Milieu Urbain et Milieu Rural en Matière de Santé et de Développement
(Septembre 2015) Cette fiche de données fournit une mine de données et d’informations sur les disparités entre les populations urbaines et rurales dans les pays à revenu faible ou moyen, y compris des indicateurs sur la fécondité, la planification familiale, la santé maternelle et infantile, et l’éducation.
2015 World Population Data Sheet Interactive: Focus on Women’s Empowerment
This year’s data include indicators on the status of women in key areas such as education, employment, and government. Looking at the numbers across the world, we can get a picture of women’s progress towards equality.
Solutions to Reducing Vaccine-Preventable Childhood Diseases
In a previous web article we explored how improvements in immunization rates over the past three decades have plateaued, leaving substantial gaps in coverage.
Evidence Can Help Make Sustainable Development Investments Strategic
Over the next 15 years, public and private funders are likely to invest trillions of dollars to make progress towards the proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Working Paper. The Impact of Population, Health, and Environment Projects: A Synthesis of the Evidence
(2015) A new working paper by the Evidence Project synthesizes the available research from the latest generation of population, health, and environment (PHE) projects, providing a detailed account of the benefits of integrated projects and gaps in the evidence base.
Can a Nuclear Deal Help Iran’s Young Labor Force?
This article by PRB’s Farzaneh Roudi was published in the Wilson Center Middle East Program’s Viewpoints series.