Integrating Population, Health, and Environment in Uganda
(2009) After decades of instability and civil conflict, Uganda has enjoyed relative stability, sustained economic growth, and great improvements in health over the last 20 years.
(2009) After decades of instability and civil conflict, Uganda has enjoyed relative stability, sustained economic growth, and great improvements in health over the last 20 years.
(2014) Under the motto e pluribus unum (from many, one), U.S. presidents frequently remind Americans that they share the immigrant experience of beginning anew in the land of opportunity.1
(2009) Each year, an estimated 9 million infants are born with a serious birth defect that may kill them or result in a lifelong disability. Such birth defects have an especially severe effect on children in developing countries.
We must hold two things to be true: Populations are rapidly shrinking and rapidly booming—just in different places.
Project: Demography and Economics of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
(2015) As older Americans live longer, researchers are exploring the connections between health and well-being in order to improve the overall quality of life in later years.
(2012) Amal has been HIV positive for more than two years. She lives in Beirut, or at least she used to. "We can't pay the rent on our home in Beirut anymore," she said sadly, "Our financial level is zero." HIV is both the cause of her family's departure from Lebanon's costly capital and one of the main reasons for their desire to remain.
(2002) Sitcoms and talk shows have brought gay men and lesbians into the living rooms of average Americans, and talking about sexual orientation has become less taboo in recent years. But beyond stereotypes, what do we know about real-life homosexuals?
(2007) We entered the 20th century with a population of 1.6 billion people. We entered the 21st century with 6.1 billion people. And in 2007, world population is 6.6 billion.