Volunteering and Health for Aging Populations
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(2011) In the next two decades, the number of Americans age 55 orolder will swell from 76 million to 110 million as the large
baby-boom generation continues to age.
Resource Type: Training Tool
Global Aging Monitoring Project Resources
The rapid population aging that faces much of the world represents a historically unprecedented demographic shift with profound social, political, and economic implications.
Facts of Life: Youth Sexuality and Reproductive Health in the Middle East and North Africa
(2011) One in five people living in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, or nearly 90 million in 2010, is between the ages of 15 and 24, a demographic group called “youth.
PRB Discuss Online: What Works for Women and Girls: Evidence for HIV and AIDS Interventions
(2011) What Works for Women and Girls: Evidence for HIV and AIDS Interventions synthesizes the vast research literature on program interventions (through the end of 2009) to provide clear evidence of what works and what seems most promising for women and girls that improve a range of HIV outcomes.
Packard Foundation’s Investments in Ethiopia Show Promising Results
2011)”We are trying to integrate things that should never have been separated to begin with. The health and well-being of the community depends on the health and well- being of the ecosystem and vice versa.
Generations on the Rise in Pakistan
(2011) “Generations on the Rise in Pakistan” is an ENGAGE multimedia presentation that examines the important link between high fertility and the health of women and children, highlighting improvements in family planning use over time as well as the gaps in implementation.
Abortion: Facts and Figures 2011
(2011) Abortion is a sensitive and contentious issue with religious, moral, cultural, and political dimensions. It is also a public health concern in many parts of the world.
Gender Statistics Needed to Assess Progress Toward Development Goals
(2011) Without gender statistics that measure the status of women and men and their roles in social, economic, health, and political spheres, we have limited ability to assess progress in achieving gender equality or in prioritizing actions to address gender disparities.
Distilled Demographics: Population Projections
“Distilled Demographics,” PRB’s video series, highlights key demographic concepts such as fertility, mortality, and migration. Through these short videos, you can learn demography’s real-world application and impact.
PRB Discuss Online: Will China Relax Its One-Child Policy?
(February 2011) Since 1979, China has applied a family planning policy limiting most families to only one child as a means for controlling its high population growth.