Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
PRB has developed seminal resources to support decisionmakers on measures to enhance contraceptive continuation for women who want to avoid pregnancy.
(2009) Youth around the world—especially young women—experience a high risk of unplanned pregnancy and HIV because of their limited knowledge about sexual and reproductive health. Sexual behaviors among youth can include positive practices, such as abstinence and condom use, or lead to negative outcomes such as unplanned pregnancy and the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
(2011) Global food prices have been rising, threatening to reach record levels in the coming months if current trends continue.
(2011) Being a college student often means living at a subsistence-level income and suspending some big life decisions and events—like getting married and having children. But while women may delay marriage and children to pursue a degree, women with at least a bachelor's degree are actually more likely to get married than women with less education and are more likely to wait until marriage to start a family.
(2010) The phrase "1.57 Shock" was widely used in Japan 20 years ago in reaction to the lowest fertility rate in the country's history.
RTAC serves as a strategic resource to the United States Agency for International Development, leveraging academic researchers’ scientific expertise to provide research, specialized training, and short-term technical assistance.