Region: Eastern Africa
How Changing Age Structure and Urbanization Will Affect Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2012) Sub-Saharan Africa’s population will likely more than double by 2050 even if fertility drops steadily, from 856 million today to almost 2 billion people.
Rwanda’s High But Recently Declining Fertility
(2012) The Population and Poverty (PopPov) Research Network brings together researchers who are examining how population dynamics affect economic outcomes, primarily in African countries.
Vasectomy an Option for African Men in Family Planning
(2011) “Vasectomy is like putting money in the bank. [It] is a long-term investment, money you [would] have otherwise used to buy expensive birth control methods,” says Dr.
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.
Integrating Coffee Agribusiness and Community Health Initiatives in Rwanda
Since the 1990s, Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) approaches have addressed the complex links between human health, environmental management, poverty, and population pressures in order to solve development problems in areas critical for biodiversity and natural resource management.
Guide: A Journalist’s Guide to Sexual and Reproductive Health in East Africa
(2011) Sexual and reproductive health encompasses health and well-being in matters related to sexual relations, pregnancies, and births. It deals with the most intimate and private aspects of people’s lives, which can be difficult to write about and discuss publicly.
A Journalist’s Guide to Sexual and Reproductive Health in East Africa
(2011) Sexual and reproductive health encompasses health and well-being in matters related to sexual relations, pregnancies, and births. It deals with the most intimate and private aspects of people’s lives, which can be difficult to write about and discuss publicly.
Guide: A Journalist’s Guide to Sexual and Reproductive Health in East Africa
(2011) Sexual and reproductive health encompasses health and well-being in matters related to sexual relations, pregnancies, and births. It deals with the most intimate and private aspects of people’s lives, which can be difficult to write about and discuss publicly.
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.