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(2013) The United Nations Population Division has just released its comprehensive estimates and projections, World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision. The results show a larger global population size in 2050, 9.
(2013) A Practical Guide for Managing and Conducting Gender Assessments in the Health Sector is a user-friendly Gender Assessment tool for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission staff as well as other United States Government (USG) partners.
(2013) The four major NCDs—cardiovascular disease, most cancers, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases—will account for approximately 81 percent of deaths in Latin America and the Caribbean by 2030, and 89 percent of all deaths in high-income countries.
The ENGAGE presentation, “HoPE-LVB,” aims to improve individuals’ understanding of the HoPE-LVB project (Health of People and the Environment in the Lake Victoria Basin) and the population, health, and environment (PHE) approach.
(2013) Despite more funding for health services during the past decade (per capita health spending rose from US$21 in 2000 to US$45 in 2009), India is unlikely to reach the targets for the health-related 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDG).
(2013) Developed in 2003, the Adolescent Reproductive Health and Development (ARHD) Policy was the first in Kenya to focus on improving the reproductive health and well-being of adolescents and youth.
(2013) The U.S.
(April 2013) An important indication of changing attitudes toward family formation is the rapidly rising trend of births outside of marriage. Back in 1960, births outside of marriage were virtually unheard of and were often kept as secret as possible.
(2013) Muslims account for around one-fifth of the world’s population—or about 1.6 billion people.
(April 2013) This PRB video highlights three key findings from the World’s Youth 2013 Data Sheet:
Early marriage and childbearing remains a concern for many young women around the world—especially those in the poorest regions of the world.