Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
In Ghana and Uganda, young people below the the age of 15 dominate the population age structure. Both countries can shift this high child dependency by empowering women to achieve their reproductive goals.
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
Pathfinder International and partners in Kenya and Uganda have implemented the Health of the People and Environment in the Lake Victoria Basin (HoPE-LVB) project since 2011.
Project: Empowering Evidence-Driven Advocacy
PRB collaborated with AFP and Pathfinder International to develop a multimedia video outlining how family planning shapes women’s empowerment and community well-being.
Project: Empowering Evidence-Driven Advocacy
PRB partnered with Faith to Action Network to create resources that urge East African Legislative Assembly members to harmonize existing reproductive health policies and support the future of the region’s youth.
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
Across sub-Saharan Africa, national development strategies have established the goal of achieving economic growth that is both rapid and equitable across a population.
Household size and composition play an important role in the economic and social well-being of families and individuals.
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
As sub-Saharan African countries strive to grow their economies, it is critical that they consider their age structures—or more particularly, the age structures of their richest and poorest populations, which are determined largely by fertility rates.
