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Sub-Saharan Africa’s Demographic and Health Characteristics Will Influence the Course of the COVID-19 Pandemic
When the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, few sub-Saharan African countries had reported a single case of the disease, caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
Japan’s Demographic Future
(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.
Demographic Impacts and Disaster Response to 2004 Hurricanes
(2011) The 2004 hurricane season was the worst in Florida's history. Four hurricanes caused $45 billion in damages and widespread population displacement.
Report. Empowering Women, Developing Society: Female Education in the Middle East and North Africa
(2003) Education is a key part of strategies to improve individuals' well-being and societies' economic and social development.
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$5 More Per Person Annually Could Save Millions of Mothers and Children
(2014) Recent research by a group of health systems experts details how a 2 percent increase in current spending for maternal and child health can save 147 million children, prevent 32 million stillbirths, and avert 5 million maternal deaths by 2035.
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
Interactive. Four Dividends: How Age Structure Change Can Benefit Development
This web feature expands the concept of the demographic dividend to project four potential sets of benefits—in addition to economic growth, it outlines benefits in child survival, education, and political stability. A country’s likelihood of making substantial gains in each of these four sectors is tied to its age structure.