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Project: Demography and Economics of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease

Today’s Research on Aging, Issue 26: Noncommunicable Diseases Among Older Adults in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

(2012) Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and lung disease are no longer only a problem for wealthy countries. These former “diseases of affluence” are now the leading causes of death in all the world’s regions except sub-Saharan Africa (WHO 2011a.)

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An Overview of Population and Development in Vietnam

At the time of the April 1, 1999 Census, the population of Vietnam stood at just over 76 million, making it the 13th largest country in the world. From 1979 to 1999, nearly 24 million people were added to the country's population.

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Report. Population and Water Scarcity in the Middle East and North Africa

(2002) The Middle East and North Africa (MENA)* is the most water-scarce region of the world. Home to 6.3 percent of the world's population, the region contains only 1.4 percent of the world's renewable fresh water.

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PRB Discuss Online: The Middle East Youth Bulge, Causes and Consequences

(2008) Recent demographic trends have created a youth bulge in the Middle East and North Africa, with nearly one in every five people age 15 to 24. Despite its oil wealth and improved health and education systems, the region's political, social, and economic systems still do not meet the needs of this rapidly growing young population.

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Report. Población y escasez de agua en Oriente Medio y África septentrional

(2002) The Middle East and North Africa (MENA)* is the most water-scarce region of the world. Home to 6.3 percent of the world's population, the region contains only 1.4 percent of the world's renewable fresh water.

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Report. Population and Water Scarcity in the Middle East and North Africa (Arabic)

(2002) The Middle East and North Africa (MENA)* is the most water-scarce region of the world. Home to 6.3 percent of the world's population, the region contains only 1.4 percent of the world's renewable fresh water.

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Meeting the Reproductive Health Needs of Displaced People

(2002) According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), reproductive health care is among the crucial elements that give refugees the basic human welfare and dignity that is their right.1

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Why Concentrated Poverty Fell in the United States in the 1990s

( 2005) Concentrated poverty—often defined as the number of people living in neighborhoods with poverty rates exceeding 40 percent—fell substantially in the United States in the 1990s, according to a new report by the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Diverse Factors Linked to Maternal Deaths in Zambia

(2003) Poor access to health facilities and low-quality health care delivery may be among the reasons that Zambia is facing increasing levels of maternal deaths.

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