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2024

Aug. 5, 2024

Population Reference Bureau and Union for African Population Studies Release Joint Report on Value of Census Data for Policy and Planning


June 12, 2024

New Phase of the Demographics of African Faculty Project to Enhance Data Management Culture for Faculty Planning in the East African Community


April 30, 2024

Population Reference Bureau Names Jennifer D. Sciubba as President and CEO


April 25, 2024

PRB and CREG Announce Strategic Alliance to Promote Use of Population Data and Research Across Africa

PRB et CREG annoncent une alliance stratรฉgique pour promouvoir lโ€™utilisation des recherches et des donnรฉes sur la population ร  travers lโ€™Afrique


April 25, 2024

PRB Welcomes Nihal D. Chauhan to Its Board of Trustees


April 4, 2024

Jeffrey Jordan to Retire as President and CEO of Population Reference Bureau


March 13, 2024

PRB and U.S. Census Bureau Seek Steering Committee Members for Data User Groups

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2023

November 30, 2023

Millennial, Gen Z Young Women Face Increased Threats to Health and Safety Compared With Peers in Previous Generations, Despite Better Education, Pay


May 9, 2023

PRB Taps Aรฏssata Fall to Lead Its Work in Africa


May 8, 2023

PRB Appoints Joan Kahn to Its Board of Trustees


March 28, 2023

Action to Address Pregnancy-Related Deaths Among U.S. Black Women Urged by Dr. Shalonโ€™s Maternal Action Project, PRB and Tank Worldwide


January 27, 2023

PRB Awarded $500,000 by Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to Promote Evidence on Early Childhood Development From East and Southern Africa

2022

November 15, 2022

โ€œNew Normalโ€ Still Hard for California Families and Kids, Especially Children With Special Health Care Needs


November 2, 2022

PRB Names Diana Elliott Vice President for U.S. Programs


October 27, 2022

PRB Appoints Bobby Jefferson to Its Board of Trustees


September 29, 2022

PRB Welcomes Inaugural Cohort of Public Health Reporting Fellows


September 26, 2022

PRBโ€™S MOMENTUM Knowledge Accelerator Announces Elizabeth Leahy Madsen as New Project Director


September 12, 2022

PRB Releases 2022 World Population Data Sheet, Providing Comprehensive Look at COVID-19 Pandemicโ€™s Demographic Impacts in More Than 200 Countries


July 25, 2022

Rise in Obesity Is Slowing Gains in Life Expectancy and Widening Racial Health Disparities New Research Shows


July 21, 2022

PRB Commits to Supporting Family Planning Policies as Part of the FP2030 Partnership


May 17, 2022

PRB Appoints Yoonjoung โ€œYJโ€ Choi to Its Board of Trustees


April 13, 2022

COVID Could Erase Recent Life Expectancy Gains for People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Says New Research


January 19, 2022

Dying Young in the USA: Americans Under Age 25 Face Higher Death Rates Than Peers in Other Affluent Nations

2021

December 17, 2021

PRB President and CEO Jeff Jordan Calls for Governments, Civil Society to Combat Disinformation During 17th Rafael M. Salas Memorial Lecture


October 7, 2021

New Data Show Family Violence and Stress Related to COVID-19 Remain High, But Beginning to Ease for California Families


August 17, 2021

PRBโ€™S 2021 World Population Data Sheet Released


July 29, 2021

Strengthening Recruitment, Development and Retention of Faculty in the East African Community


July 27, 2021

PRB Wins MacArthur Grant to Support Public Health Journalism in Nigeria and India


June 17, 2021

PRB Announces New Appointments to Board of Trustees


March 30, 2021
Rising Inequality Could Make Post-Pandemic Recovery Tougher for Low-Income Working Families


January 21, 2021
Neighborhood Racial Segregation and Negative Sentiments Toward People of Color Linked to Premature Births

2020

December 9, 2020
Lucile Packard Foundation Selects PRB as New Home for kidsdata.org


October 28, 2020
PRB Receives $1.5 Million Award to Support Youth Family Planning Policy and Advocacy in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia


October 19, 2020
PRB Appoints Robert Crosnoe, Patricia Foxen and Kyler Sherman-Wilkins to its Board of Trustees


July 10, 2020
Population of Older Adults Increasing Globally Partly Because of Declining Fertility Rates, Says PRB


June 30, 2020
2020 U.S. Census Self-Response Rates Are Lagging in Neighborhoods at Risk of Undercounting Young Children, Says PRB


June 11, 2020
The African Population and Health Research Center and PRB Join Forces to Support Polices on Gender and Womenโ€™s Health in Sub-Saharan Africa

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African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) et PRB unissent leurs forces pour soutenir les politiques sur le genre et la santรฉ des femmes en Afrique Subsaharienne


May 14, 2020
Stress and Fear Could Take a Toll on Our Health During the Coronavirus Pandemic


May 5, 2020
This Motherโ€™s Day, Family Life Is More Complicated Than Everโ€” And Coronavirus is Making it Worse


April 20, 2020
PRB and CRSD Release New Videos to Support Coronavirus Outreach to Faith Communities in West Africa

Le PRB et le CRSD soutiennent la sensibilisation des communautรฉs religieuses dโ€™Afrique de lโ€™Ouest face au coronavirus


February 5, 2020
Research Identifies New Strategies to Reduce Undercount of Young Children in 2020 Census


January 23, 2020
PRB Wins $30-million Award from USAID for Project to Accelerate Reductions in Global Maternal and Child Deaths

2019

November 12, 2019
PRB Launches Initiative to Support People With Disabilities


October 21, 2019
PRB Analysis Shows Unintended Pregnancies Linked to Dissatisfaction with Contraception Choices


September 17, 2019
2019 World Population Data Sheet Released


July 11, 2019
Population Reference Bureau Announces Support for Thriving Together Campaign


June 27, 2019
PRB Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on U.S. Census Citizenship Question


May 21, 2019
While Household Incomes Rise in Appalachia, Digital Gap Threatens to Leave Many Rural Communities Behind


May 08, 2019
Research Shows Moms With Husbands or Live-In Male Partners Do More Housework Than Single Moms


2018

December 18, 2018
Womenโ€™s Edition Workshop for South Asian Journalists: Call for Applications


October 22, 2018
Senior Burkina Faso Officials Outline Ambitious Health Goals at First Reference Group Meeting


August 22, 2018
PRB Welcomes Isabella Aboderin of APHRC, Jennifer Madans of CDC to the Board


August 9, 2018
PRB in Consortium Selected by USAID to Establish Global Researcher Network

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