ENGAGE Snapshot: Fertility and Economic Growth Around the World
Though often overlooked, there is an important relationship between fertility and economic growth that has been demonstrated in countries around the world.
Resource Type: Past Presentation
ENGAGE Snapshot: Family Planning and Gender Equality Go Hand-in-Hand
Gender equality means a balance in the power and privileges, responsibilities, and resources that men and women possess.
Shifts in Country-Specific Health Trends, Growth in Chronic Disease
(March 2013) Global health trends have undergone a dramatic shift since 1990: Chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes have replaced infectious diseases and malnutrition-related childhood illnesses as the leading causes of death and disability outside of sub-Saharan Africa.
ENGAGE Snapshot: Reducing Adolescent Childbearing: Ghana’s Success Story
Adolescent childbearing remains high in many countries around the world, putting millions of girls at risk for poor health and development outcomes.
ENGAGE Snapshot: Fertility and Economic Growth in Bangladesh
While the average family in Bangladesh today has about four children fewer than their parents’ generation, that family has about six times the purchasing power.
ENGAGE Snapshot: Girls’ Secondary Education Is a Pathway to Improved Health
p>Secondary education is critical to starting women on a path to improved health and wealth throughout their lives. Research has shown that secondary education for girls leads to better health outcomes for them and their families.
Engage Snapshot: Tunisia and Indonesia-Success Stories for Gender and Health
(January 2013) Tunisia and Indonesia are two success stories that show how governments have made investments in gender equality and family health that translated to improvements in education and development over time.
ENGAGE Snapshot: Family Planning Leads to Poverty Reduction
Family planning can lead to economic growth both at the family level and at the national level, making it critical component of strategies to reduce poverty.
ENGAGE Snapshot: Addressing the Risk and Protective Factors in Young People’s Lives
Young people bear significant burdens of poor sexual and reproductive health outcomes, including early marriage and childbearing, unmet need for family planning, maternal disability and death, and higher HIV prevalence.
ENGAGE Snapshot: Early Marriage Has Consequences for Development
Fifty-eight million girls in developing countries were child brides in the last decade. This PRB ENGAGE Snapshot highlights the consequences that early marriage can have for girls, such as poor health outcomes and lost opportunities for education and empowerment.