(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.
(2012) Of the 48 least developed countries in the world, 33 are located in sub-Saharan Africa. At the same time, this region stands out with the highest birth rates in the world.
(2008) Results from a new U.S. report by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life indicate that more than one-fourth of U.S. adults have left their childhood faith to join another religion or are no longer affiliated with any religion.
An attention-getting headline in the major Indian daily newspaper, The Hindu recently observed: "Half of India's homes have mobile phones, but not toilets."
Highlights From the 2023 World Population Data Sheet
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
The Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health (PACE) project is pleased to launch a completely revised Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) toolkit.
Disability rates are down among older Americans, and more are managing daily life on their own with devices.
(2009) Each year, an estimated 9 million infants are born with a serious birth defect that may kill them or result in a lifelong disability. Such birth defects have an especially severe effect on children in developing countries.
