Not All Americans Are Smoking Less
(February 2011) The percentage of Americans who smoke tobacco has fallen dramatically over the past 50 years.
(February 2011) The percentage of Americans who smoke tobacco has fallen dramatically over the past 50 years.
Project: Empowering Evidence-Driven Advocacy
Young people make up the majority of Kabale District’s population. With access to youth-friendly health services, including family planning for pregnancy prevention, they can lead healthy and productive lives that contribute to Kabale’s society and economy.
Project: Empowering Evidence-Driven Advocacy
Young people make up the majority of Mayuge District’s population. With access to youth-friendly health services, including family planning for pregnancy prevention, they can lead healthy and productive lives that contribute to Mayuge’s society and economy.
Project: Empowering Evidence-Driven Advocacy
The palm cards highlight barriers that youth face in accessing family planning services and information that meet their unique needs.
(2011) Approximately 68 percent of people infected with HIV worldwide live in sub-Saharan Africa, where the virus disproportionately affects women.
September 2008) More than 80 million people were added to the world's population in 2008, which ensures continued growth in coming decades.
The Egyptian Health Ministry issued a decree on June 28, 2007, that officially banned female circumcision, also known as female genital mutilation (FGM) or female genital cutting (FGC).
Shortly after he was elected in 2014, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to provide access to a toilet at every school and home in the country by 2019, the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Ghandi's birth.
(2010) Most poor children achieve less, exhibit more problem behaviors, and are less healthy than children raised in more-affluent families. Looking beyond these well-known correlations between poverty and negative outcomes in childhood, recent studies have assessed the effects of childhood poverty in the United States on later attainment and health.