Gender-Based Violence Increases Risk of HIV/AIDS for Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2011) Approximately 68 percent of people infected with HIV worldwide live in sub-Saharan Africa, where the virus disproportionately affects women.
(2011) Approximately 68 percent of people infected with HIV worldwide live in sub-Saharan Africa, where the virus disproportionately affects women.
(2011) Global food prices have been rising, threatening to reach record levels in the coming months if current trends continue.
(2009) Youth around the world—especially young women—experience a high risk of unplanned pregnancy and HIV because of their limited knowledge about sexual and reproductive health. Sexual behaviors among youth can include positive practices, such as abstinence and condom use, or lead to negative outcomes such as unplanned pregnancy and the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
(2007) States increasingly consider science and technology resources to be an asset in developing a strong economic advantage. As a result, strategies for training, attracting and retaining scientists and engineers have become more important state and national public policy issues.
RTAC serves as a strategic resource to the United States Agency for International Development, leveraging academic researchers’ scientific expertise to provide research, specialized training, and short-term technical assistance.
(2010) The phrase "1.57 Shock" was widely used in Japan 20 years ago in reaction to the lowest fertility rate in the country's history.