UN: ‘Decade of Action for Road Safety’
Road traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for young people ages 15 to 29 globally and the eighth-leading cause of deaths overall.
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A Vision for the Health and Well-Being of Malawi’s Young People
(2014) Malawi’s large population of young people has special significance for national development. Today, Malawi has the largest population of youth in its history, accounting for 40 percent of Malawi’s total population (16.
Just How Many Baby Boomers Are There?
(2014) Data from the U.S. Census Bureau show that there are 76.4 million baby boomers.
PRB and Casey Foundation Create Index of U.S. Child Well-Being
(2014) The index disaggregates data by racial and ethnic group and by state in order to measure the “impact of a child’s race on his or her opportunity for success in adulthood,” according to the foundation.
Appalachian Region Hit Hard by Recent U.S. Recession
In 2007, with the onset of the deepest economic recession in the United States since the Great Depression, Americans lost jobs and experienced sharp declines in the value of their homes and investments.
Voucher Programs Encourage Quality Reproductive Health Services
Many women in developing countries, too poor to pay for the reproductive health services they need, use vouchers to defray the cost of care.
The Demographic Dividend, Revisited
Originally posted on the PRB blog.
(March 2014) The 8th Annual Conference on Population, Reproductive Health, and Economic Development was held in Nairobi, Kenya in January 2014.
The Power of Young People: Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Policy Change After the International Conference on Family Planning
(2014) Youth were everywhere at the November 2013 International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The young people brought energy and excitement, and played a big role in focusing attention on youth sexual and reproductive health and rights.
La démographie d’Israël : une histoire unique
By asoares
(2014) Les structures et tendances démographiques d’Israël sont uniques, un reflet de l’avenir complexe de la région qu’il soit politique, culturel ou religieux.
Le Dividende Démographique, Revisité
Publié à l’origine sur le blog de PRB.
(Mars 2014) La huitième conférence annuelle de recherche sur la population, la santé de la reproduction et le développement économique s’est tenue à Nairobi au Kenya en janvier 2014.