Black Women, Gay and Bisexual Men Face High HIV Risks in U.S., Canada
(September 2001) Two decades into the AIDS epidemic in North America, the face of AIDS is darker and increasingly female.
Region: Global
Pesticides: A Threat to Central America’s Children and the Region’s Future
This article is the third in a series of articles concerning children’s environmental health published on the PRB website for “Children’s Environmental Health II: A Global Forum for Action.
Childhood Asthma: A Growing American Epidemic
By asoares
(2001) Asthma afflicts a rapidly growing number of children in the United States. The total number of children suffering from this chronic disease increased by 75 percent between 1980 and 1994.
Population Bulletin, vol. 56., no. 1. New Population Policies: Advancing Women’s Health Rights
Le centre de traitement du SIDA malien est un modèle en Afrique occidentale
(Février 2001) Au centre de la ville de Bamako, dans une rue animée, une pancarte défraîchie indique un bâtiment d’un étage à la peinture écaillée.
Africa’s Struggle with Desertification
(2001) Desertification is most severe in Africa. Arid lands account for two-thirds of the African continent, and three-quarters of the continent’s drylands that are used for agriculture have already begun to lose productivity.
Bush Reinstates Policy Restricting Support for International Family Planning Programs
(February 2001) For more than 30 years, the United States has supported family planning programs overseas. According to the U.
Au Sénégal, les prostituées sensibilisent la population au SIDA
By asoares
(2000) La Communauté sénégalaise du SIDA vient en nombre assister aux réunions du Conseil d’administration d’une association locale de femmes appelée AWA.
PRB Discuss Online: Why Are Stillbirths an Invisible Loss of Life in Developing Countries?
(November 2008) Each year more than 3 million stillbirths occur, and approximately 1 million of these occur after the onset of labor, but these deaths remain invisible in international and national policies, programs, and investment agendas.
The Baltics: Demographic Challenges and Independence
By asoares
(2000) Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania are in the midst of a transition to independence after nearly 50 years of domination by the Soviet Union.