(2008) Each year, nearly 10 million children die, mostly from preventable and treatable causes. Millions of children in low-income countries suffer from long-term illnesses, malnutrition, and injuries that limit their life options. What can we do to improve children's health and save lives in low-income countries? What are the links to mother's health?
(2006) On February 17, a devastating landslide killed an estimated 1,800 Filipinos in Guinsaugon on the southern part of Leyte Island in eastern Philippines.
(2010) In the United States, the number of children in single-mother families has risen dramatically over the past four decades, causing considerable concern among policymakers and the public.
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
The world population will reach 9.9 billion in 2050, up 33 percent from an estimated 7.4 billion now, according to projections included in the 2016 World Population Data Sheet from the Population Reference Bureau (PRB).
(2009) Malaria threatens close to one-half of the world's population, and more than 1 million children die each year of malaria-related complications.
Project: Strengthening Evidence-Based Policy to Expand Access to Safe Abortion (SAFE ENGAGE)
Women in sub-Saharan Africa face the greatest risk globally for an unintended pregnancy to result in an unsafe abortion.
Project: Evidence to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
From 2015 to 2019, the African-led consortium developed innovative research methods and uncovered new evidence about the practice and how it is changing—focusing on families and communities, and health and legal systems—in eight countries: Burkina Faso, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, and Sudan.
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
The world population will reach 9.9 billion in 2050, up 33 percent from an estimated 7.4 billion now, according to projections included in the 2016 World Population Data Sheet from the Population Reference Bureau (PRB).
PRB staff offer summaries of new research and insightful sessions from the annual demography meeting.
Project: International Media Program
(2011) Sexual and reproductive health encompasses health and well-being in matters related to sexual relations, pregnancies, and births. It deals with the most intimate and private aspects of people's lives, which can be difficult to write about and discuss publicly.