Noncommunicable Diseases and Youth in Developing Countries

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.

Pamela Herd discusses research findings from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS)- a long-term study of people who graduated from Wisconsin high schools in 1957.

Alberto Palloni discusses research findings of a project in Latin America and the Caribbean on elderly health conditions and demand for health care.

Claudia Valeggia, associate professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, describes her research on how reproductive biology, environment, and culture help us understand human aging.

Dr. Jonathan Foley discusses the unprecedented demands increasing population and wealth are placing on the world's agriculture and natural resources.

PopPov researcher Joseph Babigumira of the University of Washington shares research findings on abortions in Uganda, which are a consequence of the high prevalence of unintended pregnancies.

Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG) held an event on "Maternal Health and Gender-Based Violence: Research on and Responses to Service Provider Abuse in Childbirth and Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy" in Washington, DC.

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.

PopPov researcher Alice Mesnard of City University London describes her research on health risks and migration, a rarely studied topic despite their important consequences for the planning, targeting, and effectiveness of health policies.

In this installment of Distilled Demographics, PRB senior demographer Carl Haub, discusses the global diversity of "urban" areas and the implications of a more urban world.

PopPov researcher Kelly Jones of the International Food Policy Research Institute discusses research findings from Ghana that show how the Mexico City Policy (the "Global Gag Rule") had unintended consequences for induced abortion and unintended pregnancies.

PRB Population, Health, and Environment program director Jason Bremner looks at how Africa's population growth will affect food security.