Integrating Population, Health, and Environment in Uganda
(2009) After decades of instability and civil conflict, Uganda has enjoyed relative stability, sustained economic growth, and great improvements in health over the last 20 years.
(2009) After decades of instability and civil conflict, Uganda has enjoyed relative stability, sustained economic growth, and great improvements in health over the last 20 years.
Race plays an important role in how college affects women’s marriage, fertility, and employment.
(2012) In 1990, about 40 percent of children under age 5 worldwide were moderately or severely stunted by malnutrition, according to a recent report issued jointly by UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Bank.1
(2009) The era in which developing countries could be depicted mainly in terms of rural villages is now in the past. A panoramic view of today's demographic landscape reveals a myriad of cities and towns.
(2010) Although family planning (FP) and reproductive health (RH) are critical to achieving development goals and are among the "best buys" in public health, these sectors are generally underfunded.
(2006) The world's elderly population is quickly growing, both in its absolute numbers and in its percentage relative to the younger population—the latter trend known as population aging.
(6th Edition, 2011) A quick guide to population dynamics for journalists, policymakers, teachers, students, and other people interested in demographics.
Trends shaping rural life in America include unprecedented population declines, a growing Hispanic population, a disproportionate share of military veterans, and a sharp increase in “deaths of despair”—related to suicide, alcohol abuse, and drug overdose.
(2010) More than 30,000 Americans commit suicide each year; hundreds of thousands more attempt it but fail.