Tried and True, Yet Fresh and New: A Conversation About the Spanish Policy Communication Toolkit
Some development questions never seem to go away. Questions such as: How do we reduce poverty so that around the world basic needs are met?
Region: Central America
Changing Race and Ethnicity Questions on the U.S. Census Form Reflect Evolving Views
Census questions about race and ethnicity have evolved over time, as have Americans’ views about racial and ethnic identification.
How Natural Disasters Can Influence Reproductive Health and Fertility
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(2018) Natural disasters focus the collective imagination on images of community devastation. Beyond the obvious external signs of disaster, such as destroyed homes and ruined infrastructure, are more intimate impacts, such as impeded access to reproductive health services.
Life Expectancy Gains and Public Programs for the Elderly in Latin America and the Caribbean
Life expectancy in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has increased dramatically since 1950, largely as a result of medical and public health interventions that sharply cut the death toll from the most virulent infectious diseases and enabled many more children to survive to adulthood.
For Malnourished Boys, Earliest Days a Critical Window for Cognitive Development
In rural Nicaragua where malnutrition is widespread, improved nutrition and health care during a boy’s first 1,000 days (from the beginning of his mother’s pregnancy to about age 2) has a lasting positive impact on cognitive development and learning, new research finds.
Gender-Based Violence Against the Transgender Community Is Underreported
(December 2011) The Transgender Day of Remembrance on Nov. 20, 2011, and the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence from Nov.
The Effects of Violence on Women’s Reproductive Health: Fact Sheet
(August 2011) Violence against women is a pervasive public health problem worldwide. According to the UN, at least one in three women is beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused by an intimate partner in the course of her lifetime.
Germany: Beyond the Transition’s End
(2011) Germany’s recovery from the devastation of World War II is often called an “economic miracle” because its economy is now Europe’s largest. Immigration has been an important part of the country’s modern demographic history.
PRB Discuss Online: Have Reproductive Health Voucher Programs Improved Equity, Efficiency, and Impact?
(2011) Vouchers are frequently mentioned as a promising alternative finance mechanism to achieve a variety of goals in health systems and reproductive health services. Do vouchers work?
The Dynamics of Latino Population Growth
(2010) Latinos are increasingly shaping the demographic makeup of the United States.