Child Survival Shows Progress, but Burden Still Heavy for Poorest Countries

A recent UNICEF report shows that the number of children who die before age 5 has dropped from nearly 12 million in 1990 to just under 7 million in 2011, reflecting global progress in child survival.

In 1990, about 40 percent of children under age 5 worldwide were moderately or severely stunted by malnutrition, according to a recent report issued jointly by UNICEF, the World Health Organization, and the World Bank. By 2011, this share had decreased to 26 percent. But stunting still affects more …

This PRB MENA working paper presents key findings from a study conducted in Egypt in the spring of 2011 on the frequency and quality of communication about sexual and reproductive health issues (SRH) between mothers and adolescent daughters.

This Population Bulletin examines the dramatic changes in U.S. household structure in the last 70 years, and how households differ by important characteristics such as age, race and ethnicity, and education.

Worldwide, malnutrition contributes to 2.6 million child deaths each year, or more than one in three of all child deaths. While children living in poorer countries are more likely to be malnourished than children in wealthier countries, the proportion of children who are malnourished is not always a…

More than 10 percent of U.S. children lived in a high-poverty neighborhood (poverty rates of 30 percent or more) between 2006 and 2010, reflecting a 25 percent increase since 2000, according to a new PRB analysis funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

PRB's ENGAGE Presentation "The Time is Now: Invest in Sexual and Reproductive Health for Young People," investigates how sexual and reproductive health investments protect the health and well-being of young people.

Noncommunicable diseases are increasingly common in developing countries. This video outlines the global rise in NCDs and what measures during youth can prevent future NCDs.

PopPov researcher Gervais Beninguisse of IFORD Cameroon shares research findings on the relationships between poverty and unmet need for reproductive health services among adolescents and youth in Central Africa.

This PopPov research brief highlights the findings from recent studies on teenage childbearing in South Africa, in which analysts examined the causal relationships between teen fertility, educational attainment, and health outcomes in urban and rural regions in South Africa.

This working paper presents key findings of a recent study conducted by the Alexandria Regional Centre for Women's Health and Development in Egypt, highlighting gaps between female adolescents' needs for appropriate RH information and what they actually have access to, as expressed by the girls.

This working paper presents key findings and some recommendations based on a recent study conducted in three governorates of Egypt: Cairo, Giza, and Gharbia. The study, conducted by the author, shows that students find what they learn in school about sexual and reproductive health issues to be insuf…