After Years of Silence, Women Living With HIV in the Middle East Speak Out
(2012) Amal has been HIV positive for more than two years. She lives in Beirut, or at least she used to.
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La population et la sécurité alimentaire : Le défi de l’Afrique
(juin 2012) En Afrique subsaharienne, environ 240 millions de personnes, c’est-à-dire une personne sur quatre, manquent de nourriture pour mener une vie saine et active.
‘The Faces of Unmet Need’. A PRB Infographic
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Why Population Matters to Malawi’s Development
Malawi Population Data Sheet
(May 2012) In just over 40 years Malawi’s population has increased from 4 million people in 1966 to 13.1 million in 2008 to near 15 million today.
Low Education Levels and Unemployment Linked in Appalachia
By asoares
In 218 of 420 Appalachian counties, the share of working-age adults (ages 25 to 64) with at least a bachelor’s degree failed to reach more than half the national average of 30 percent, according to The Appalachian Region: A Data Overview From the 2006-2010 American Community Survey, a 2012 Appalachian Regional Commission report prepared by the Population Reference Bureau.
Fertility Rates in Low Birth-Rate Countries, 1996-2011
(March 2012) PRB has updated “Fertility Rates in Low Birth-Rate Countries, 1996 to Most Recent Year,” showing birth rate trends in low-fertility countries.
Unmet Need for Contraception: Fact Sheet
(2012) Women who have an unmet need for contraception are broadly defined as those who want to delay or stop childbearing but are not using contraception. Put another way, these women are potential users of contraception.
How Does Wealth Affect Health in Sub-Saharan Africa? A PRB Infographic
How Does Wealth Affect Health in Sub-Saharan Africa? A PRB Infographic
Yemen’s New Government Faces Long-Standing Demographic Challenges
(April 2012) Late last fall, Yemen’s president of 33 years, Ali Abdullah Saleh, agreed to step down and transfer power to his vice president—quelling anti-government protests that erupted in January 2011 soon after the Arab Spring uprisings elsewhere in the Middle East and North Africa.