Decline in India’s Birth Rate Slows
(March 2002) The annual count of births in India over the last few years has provided increasing evidence of a slowdown in the decline of the birth rate of the world’s second most populous country.
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Children at Risk: State Trends 1990-2000
(March 2002) This PRB/KIDS COUNT Special Report looks at changes in 11 key measures of child well-being between 1990 and 2000.
Malaria Basics: Global Impact and Actions
According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), malaria is widespread in 100 countries and territories worldwide, largely in the less developed tropical areas of Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
U.S. Elder Care Is in a Fragile State
This article is the first in a two-part series on the demographic and policy dimensions of the nursing shortage in the United States.
(January 2002) Elder care in the United States is in critical condition.
Climate Change Impacts and Emerging Population Trends: A Recipe for Disaster?
(October 2001) More sizzling summers. Rising sea levels.
La santé environnementale des enfants
(Juillet 2001) Les enfants vivant dans les pays industrialisés aujourd’hui habitent un monde complètement différent de celui des générations passées.
U.S. Diversity Visas Are Attracting Africa’s Best and Brightest
(July 2001) Results from the 2000 Census have placed the issue of immigration front and center in U.S.
International Migration Transforms Australia
(2001) Immigration since World War II has transformed Australian society and population. Many residents of Australia are immigrants or are the children of immigrants.
Challenges to Global Immunization Programs
(June 2001) Massive resources are dedicated to immunizing the children of developing countries against an array of vaccine-preventable diseases.
Dissecting China’s 2000 Census
By asoares
(2001) After conducting what was arguably the world’s most ambitious census ever last November, the Chinese government has begun to release the results.