(2015) Establishing healthy behaviors among young Africans could help stem a looming regional epidemic of noncommunicable diseases like cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and chronic respiratory conditions, according to this PRB policy brief and data sheet with comprehensive data appendix.
(March 2015) Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases, now account for more than 75 percent of all deaths in most countries in North Africa.
(2015) Three alumna of PRB’s Women’s Edition program and a fourth journalist who participates in PRB’s study tours and trainings in Francophone West Africa are among 15 journalists being honored by Women Deliver for their excellent reporting on the health and rights of women and girls.
(2015) Women and girls are among the more vulnerable groups in many communities as seen in their lower levels of education and poorer health.
(2015) Women and girls are among the more vulnerable groups in many communities as seen in their lower levels of education and poorer health.
This policy brief and accompanying fact sheet explain the connection in Ethiopia between a potential demographic dividend and investments in health, education, and job growth; and prioritize actions and investments in young people.
(janvier 2015) Au regard des questions de population et de santé reproductive, l’Afrique de l’Ouest est récemment devenue une priorité dans le contexte plus large du continent sub-saharien.
(2014) News reporting in the past year by PRB’s Women’s Edition participants has been instrumental in exposing violence against women to authorities in Kenya and Pakistan and forging a path to justice for women who were raped.
With a strong foundation of government commitment and leadership, and guided by the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy II (MGDS II), Malawi stands ready to achieve its Vision 2020 for growth.
In this webinar, Scott Radloff, senior scientist at the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, and Emily Sonneveldt, director for the Center of M&E and Advocacy at the Futures Institute, describe how mobile technology is being used by local data collectors in Africa and Asia to generate rapid-turnaround data, and how this information is being used in tandem with modeling that leverages service statistics to measure progress across 70 countries in meeting global family planning goals.