(2010) More than 1 billion people, about one-sixth of the world’s population, are infected with one or more of 13 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). These diseases are the most common afflictions of the world’s poorest people.
(2010) An estimated 100 million to 140 million girls and women worldwide have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and more than 3 million girls are at risk for cutting each year on the African continent alone.
(2010) An estimated 100 million to 140 million girls and women worldwide have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and more than 3 million girls are at risk for cutting each year on the African continent alone.
(2010) As the evidence for global environmental change has accumulated over the past decade, academics, policymakers, and the media have given more attention to the issue of “environmental refugees.”
(2010) Family planning is one of the most cost-effective health interventions in the developing world.
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(2010) The concept of “race” has always been controversial, given ugly associations with slavery, the eugenics movement, and racism.
(2010) Climate change poses one of the greatest challenges for health and development in the 21st century.
(2010) Countries struggle with measuring their poverty populations, a figure that often determines the distribution of public assistance funds to those in need.
(2009) Lack of access to quality health care and clean water and sanitation, undernutrition, and other preventable or treatable causes lead to the deaths of tens of thousands of children worldwide every day.
(juin 2014) L’utilisation de contraceptifs varie considérablement à travers le monde, à la fois en termes de consommation totale et les types de méthodes utilisées.