PRB

With current data on more than 200 countries and territories, PRB’s World Population Data Sheet offers essential context for journalists reporting on policy, public services, health, climate, and other critical issues shaped by population shifts. The Data Sheet provides a comprehensive view of where and how populations live, projecting trends in growth, decline, and factors affecting population change. Each year’s special focus takes an in-depth look at a topic like climate adaptation so we can better understand what the data show and why it matters. PRB provides media resources that guide journalists on how to report on these complex topics for their communities.

This media brief on primary health care (PHC), a special focus of the 2024 World Population Data Sheet, identifies the components, actors, and systems of this holistic step toward universal health coverage. It includes definitions and highlights data that can be used to report stories about how PHC touches every part of our society.