(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.
(2008) Globalization helped increase incomes in Canada, the United States, and Mexico for more than 10 years, but left many children vulnerable economically.
(2006) Undernutrition remains a devastating problem in many developing countries—affecting over 815 million people and causing more than one-half of all child deaths.1 But while governments in these countries continue efforts to reduce hunger, that focus neglects the growing rate of overweight and obesity in the developing world.2
(2006) Undernutrition remains a devastating problem in many developing countries—affecting over 815 million people and causing more than one-half of all child deaths.1 But while governments in these countries continue efforts to reduce hunger, that focus neglects the growing rate of overweight and obesity in the developing world.2 Increasingly, health systems in poor countries are simultaneously confronting under- and overnutrition—not only at the national level, but also within households.
PRB was a partner on Evidence to End FGM/C: Research to Help Girls and Women Thrive, a UKAID-funded research program to end female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) within one generation.
(2003) Coastal regions, areas that are home to a large and growing proportion of the world's population, are undergoing environmental decline.
(2010) With almost half of the world's population under age 25, investments in young people are vital to improve economic and social outcomes and achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
