Health Sector Reform: How It Affects Reproductive Health
(June 2003) Many less developed countries are reforming their health systems in an effort to achieve public health goals more affordably and effectively.
Region: Northern America
Report. Appalachia at the Millennium: An Overview of Results From Census 2000
(2004) The U.S. Appalachian region has been characterized mostly by its economic hardship and geographic isolation. With rural isolation and fast-growing metropolitan, the 13-state region is far from homogeneous.
Maternal Mortality in Guatemala: A Preventable Tragedy
(2003) From instituting new maternal health policies to addressing the quality of health services for pregnant women and their newborns, Guatemala is taking a number of steps to try to reduce deaths and disability related to pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum complications.
Number of Foreign-Born Reaches All-Time High in U.S.
(June 2003) The United States has always had a significant foreign-born population, but the number of foreign born reached an all-time high of 32.5 million in 2002 — equal to 11.
Diverse Factors Linked to Maternal Deaths in Zambia
By asoares
(2003) Poor access to health facilities and low-quality health care delivery may be among the reasons that Zambia is facing increasing levels of maternal deaths.
Small Successes, Big Ideas — Jamaica’s Adolescent Reproductive Health Focus
(2003) The successes are real, but they’re small compared to the task: reaching the half-million adolescents who form some 20 percent of this island’s 2.5 million population and enabling them to adopt healthier sexual lifestyles.
Age 100 and Counting
(2003) Reaching age 100 has long fascinated society. The century mark holds an almost mystical importance as a seal of hardiness and good health — the sign of a life well-lived.
The Graying of Latin America
(March 2003) Latin Americans born in the 1960s era of soaring population growth will begin to pass into their 60s by 2020, signaling a surge in the retirement-age population that will last for several decades.
Population Bulletin, vol. 58, no. 1. The Graying of Latin America
(March 2003) Latin Americans born in the 1960s era of soaring population growth will begin to pass into their 60s by 2020, signaling a surge in the retirement-age population that will last for several decades.
International Adoption Rate in U.S. Doubled in the 1990s
By asoares
(2003) The United States adopts more children from abroad than any other country. The number of foreign children adopted by U.