Reducing Maternal Deaths in West and Central Africa
(2015) Summary: Maternal deaths can be prevented when women give birth in health facilities attended by skilled personnel.
Region: Middle Africa
Fiche de données. Maladies non transmissibles en Afrique : Les jeunes jouent un rôle déterminant
(2015) Cette fiche de données accompagne le document de politique intitulé Maladies non transmissibles en Afrique : Les jeunes jouent un rôle déterminant dès lors qu’il s’agit d’enrayer l’épidémie des MNT et d’assurer un développement durable.
Data Appendix. Addressing Risk Factors for Noncommunicable Diseases Among Young People in Africa
(2015) Establishing healthy behaviors among young Africans could help stem a looming regional epidemic of noncommunicable diseases like cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and chronic respiratory conditions, according to this PRB policy brief and data sheet with comprehensive data appendix.
Policy Brief. Noncommunicable Diseases in Africa–Youth Are Key to Curbing the Epidemic and Achieving Sustainable Development
(2015) Establishing healthy behaviors among young Africans could help stem a looming regional epidemic of noncommunicable diseases like cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and chronic respiratory conditions, according to this PRB policy brief and data sheet with comprehensive data appendix.
Data Sheet. Youth Are Key to Tackling Noncommunicable Diseases in Africa
(2015) Establishing healthy behaviors among young Africans could help stem a looming regional epidemic of noncommunicable diseases like cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and chronic respiratory conditions, according to this PRB policy brief and data sheet with comprehensive data appendix.
New Materials on Noncommunicable Diseases in Africa
(March 2015) Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases, now account for more than 75 percent of all deaths in most countries in North Africa.
Policy Brief. Reproductive Health and Economic Well-Being in East Africa
(2015) Women and girls are among the more vulnerable groups in many communities as seen in their lower levels of education and poorer health.
Note de recherche : Afrique de l’Ouest–Un Agenda de Recherche en Population et Développement
(janvier 2015) Au regard des questions de population et de santé reproductive, l’Afrique de l’Ouest est récemment devenue une priorité dans le contexte plus large du continent sub-saharien.
Global Family Planning Goals and Measurement: Where Are We Now?
In this webinar, Scott Radloff, senior scientist at the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, and Emily Sonneveldt, director for the Center of M&E and Advocacy at the Futures Institute, describe how mobile technology is being used by local data collectors in Africa and Asia to generate rapid-turnaround data, and how this information is being used in tandem with modeling that leverages service statistics to measure progress across 70 countries in meeting global family planning goals.
‘Youth Unemployment in Sub-Saharan Africa’, Interview With David Lam
(August 2014) Policymakers in many low-income countries seek to reduce economic inequality and poverty and improve lives through increased economic growth. Many economists and demographers point to the demographic dividend as a way for these countries to achieve accelerated economic growth.