Project: Research Technical Assistance Center (RTAC)
The USAID Read Program created an approach for primary students in the Dominican Republic’s public schools, combining teacher training and mentoring to meet children at their individual reading levels.
Project: Demography and Economics of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
“Today’s Research on Aging” is a series intended to increase awareness of research results and their application to major public and private decisionmaking.
Project: Empowering Evidence-Driven Advocacy
PRB partnered with Faith to Action Network to create resources that urge East African Legislative Assembly members to harmonize existing reproductive health policies and support the future of the region’s youth.
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
The world population is growing older. With continued declines in fertility and mortality, the global population's shift toward an older age structure, known as population aging, will accelerate. Older adults' (ages 65+) share of the global population increased from 5 percent in 1960 to 9 percent in 2018 and is projected to rise to 16 percent by 2050, with the segment ages 85 and older growing the fastest. Children's (ages 0 to 14) share is falling, from 37 percent in 1960, to 26 percent in 2018, with a projected decrease to 21 percent by 2050.
For 20 years, Population Reference Bureau has been connecting human health and planetary health, to show how population dynamics (including family planning) and environmental change interact and affect human and planetary health. Our new name for this practice area is People, Health, Planet.
Project: Empowering Evidence-Driven Advocacy
PRB collaborated with AFP and Pathfinder International to develop a multimedia video outlining how family planning shapes women’s empowerment and community well-being.
(2012) Gender-based violence is a global issue. This PRB ENGAGE Snapshot highlights the consequences violence can have for women's reproductive health, such as higher rates of unintended pregnancy, stillbirth, and miscarriage.