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Population and Food Security: Africa’s Challenge (Part 2)

(2012) Almost two of every three people in sub-Saharan Africa live in a rural area, relying principally on small-scale agriculture for their livelihood. Improving agriculture on small farms is critical to reducing hunger.

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Family Care for an Aging Population

(2010) Today, Americans are more likely to marry and to divorce than in almost any other Western nation. Serial marriages, rising levels of cohabitation, delayed childbearing, and nonmarital parenthood have added complexity to American families.

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Project: Combatting Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors in Youth

Policy Report. Integrating Health Services for Young People: Tackling the Growing Noncommunicable Disease Epidemic

This policy report argues that integrating noncommunicable disease (NCD) services—particularly those targeted at prevention and early intervention—with other health services for young people can help tackle the growing NCD epidemic in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

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New and Upcoming Contraceptive Technologies

(2010) What are the most promising recent new developments in contraceptive research and implementation? What are current priorities in the research and development of new contraceptives? What are some of the new contraceptive technologies currently in the field?

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The Challenges of Integrating Family Planning and Maternal/Child Health Services

(2011) For years, family planning (FP) has been integrated with maternal and child health services (MCH) in countries such as Colombia, Indonesia, Mexico, the Philippines, and Thailand.

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Analyzing Big Data on a Shoestring Budget

Big data has opened a new world for demographers and public health scientists to explore. But is analyzing big data practical and affordable?

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Some Kenyan Children Are Not in School Despite Free Primary Education

(2013) Despite a free primary education policy introduced by the Kenyan government in 2003, a substantial number of children who should benefit from it are still out of school, even though gains have been made between 1998 and 2009.

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Black Women, Gay and Bisexual Men Face High HIV Risks in U.S., Canada

(September 2001) Two decades into the AIDS epidemic in North America, the face of AIDS is darker and increasingly female.

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World Population Aging: Clocks Illustrate Growth in Population Under Age 5 and Over Age 65

(2011) The world's population is growing—and aging. Very low birth rates in developed countries, coupled with birth rate declines in most developing countries, are projected to increase the population ages 65 and over to the point in 2050 when it will be 2.5 times that of the population ages 0-4. This is an exact reversal of the situation in 1950.

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