(2008) Linking population, health, and environment (PHE) issues is becoming increasingly important for the Philippines, where natural resources and public health and well-being are often negatively affected by factors such as population pressures and poverty.
2008) Linking population, health, and environment (PHE) issues is becoming increasingly important for the Philippines, where natural resources and public health and well-being are often negatively affected by factors such as population pressures and poverty.
(2008) It is a familiar story to millions worldwide: Strained by economic hardship, a mother or father is forced leave their community and migrate to another country for work opportunities.
September 2008) More than 80 million people were added to the world’s population in 2008, which ensures continued growth in coming decades.
(2008) Chronic malnutrition has been a persistent problem for young children in sub-Saharan Africa. A high percentage of these children fail to reach the normal international standard height for their age; that is, they are “stunted.
2008) Joel E. Cohen, professor and head of the Laboratory of Populations at Rockefeller and Columbia Universities and a trustee of the Population Reference Bureau, kicked off a new lecture series on demographics and development sponsored by the Center for Global Development, on Sept.
(2008) Biomarkers—biological indicators—are increasingly employed in empirical studies of human populations to understand physiological processes that change with age, diseases whose onset appears linked to age, and the aging process itself.
(2008) Rising obesity rates are a public health concern in the United States and around the world. Prolonged obesity has implications for health at older ages, and these health effects may increase the costs of health care for individuals and governments.
(2008) Unsafe abortion is one of the most neglected public health challenges in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region,1 where an estimated one in four pregnancies are unintended—wanting to have a child later or wanting no more children.
(2008) Each generation has unique characteristics, and a generation’s size and relationship to a previous generation can shape lifelong social and economic opportunities.