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Press Releases

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 stratégique pour promouvoir l’utilisation des recherches et des données sur la population à travers l’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

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 Aïssata 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. Shalon’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

“New Normal” 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

PRB’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 Pandemic’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 “YJ” 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

PRB’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 Women’s Health in Sub-Saharan Africa

African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) et PRB unissent leurs forces pour soutenir les politiques sur le genre et la santé 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 Mother’s Day, Family Life Is More Complicated Than Ever— 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 communautés religieuses d’Afrique de l’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
Women’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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