Child Marriage in the Middle East and North Africa
Child marriage is a human rights violation.
Child marriage is a human rights violation.
PRB spoke with him about his goals for the program and future implications for the study of demography.
(2013) Suspensions, expulsions, and arrests are strong predictors of trouble for students. Students in trouble tend to drop out or not graduate on time, which can ultimately diminish their lifetime earnings—and will make them much more likely to be incarcerated than those who graduate.
(2006) Undernutrition remains a devastating problem in many developing countries—affecting over 815 million people and causing more than one-half of all child deaths.1 But while governments in these countries continue efforts to reduce hunger, that focus neglects the growing rate of overweight and obesity in the developing world.2 Increasingly, health systems in poor countries are simultaneously confronting under- and overnutrition—not only at the national level, but also within households.
Kenya is experiencing a growing epidemic of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). A window of opportunity exists to address the four key NCD risk behaviors ( tobacco use, alcohol use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity) in Kenya's large and growing youth population.
(2002) The Middle East and North Africa (MENA)* is the most water-scarce region of the world. Home to 6.3 percent of the world's population, the region contains only 1.4 percent of the world's renewable fresh water.
Through the Research Technical Assistance Center (RTAC), PRB helps researchers communicate their work more effectively to target audiences with workshops, toolkits, webinars, and product development.
(2010) In April 2010, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IMHE), a research center at the University of Washington, released estimates showing unexpected declines in global maternal mortality compared with previous UN estimates.