PRB and Population Association of America Brief Congress on Maternal Death Crisis
Leading researchers discussed nuances in maternal mortality data in the United States—and potential policy solutions.
Leading researchers discussed nuances in maternal mortality data in the United States—and potential policy solutions.
Project: KIDS COUNT
Popular claims that the pandemic prompted young adults to "return to the nest" do not reflect reality.
Many women in developing countries, too poor to pay for the reproductive health services they need, use vouchers to defray the cost of care.
Naming the vulnerability and discrimination LGBTQ youth face can be a starting point for adults and institutions that support youth—and youth themselves—to act for change.
Project: Empowering Evidence-Driven Advocacy
Combined oral contraception is a daily pill that contains low doses of estrogen and progestin to prevent pregnancy. The method is a short-term reversible contraceptive option. Effectiveness depends on user’s adherence.
PRB is assessing the favorability of the policy environment for contraceptive access nationally and within each U.S. state so that state policies and programming can be easily interpreted and compared.
(2010) Women of childbearing age in El Salvador are having fewer children and using more family planning, with a recent increase in the use of injectable contraceptives.