How Self-Care Can Support Resilience in West and Central Africa
Self-care approaches can offer women more control over their lives.
Self-care approaches can offer women more control over their lives.
Project: IDEA: Informing Decisionmakers to Act
(2014) In 2012, the government of Kenya passed a landmark policy to manage its rapid population growth. The new population policy aims to reduce the number of children a woman has over her lifetime from 5 in 2009 to 3 by 2030.2
(2012) Globally, the prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased at alarming rates—with 1.5 billion adults overweight worldwide.1 The growing prevalence of overweight in developing countries has helped propel an upsurge in chronic, noncommunicable diseases including diabetes and hypertension.
(2007) We entered the 20th century with a population of 1.6 billion people. We entered the 21st century with 6.1 billion people. And in 2007, world population is 6.6 billion.
Which generation had the toughest time as young adults?
(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.
(2010) An estimated 100 million to 140 million girls and women worldwide have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and more than 3 million girls are at risk for cutting each year on the African continent alone.