Project: International Media Program
A PRB Media Landscape Review: Are the News Media Giving Policymakers the Information They Need?
Where do developing country policymakers get the information on which they base their public policy decisions?
Project: International Media Program
Where do developing country policymakers get the information on which they base their public policy decisions?
“The employers who think more creatively about policies are the ones who are going to come out ahead in the next couple of decades,” Elliott said.
Big data has opened a new world for demographers and public health scientists to explore. But is analyzing big data practical and affordable?
(2006) Les pays en développement traversent une transition épidémiologique rapide (des maladies infectieuses telles que les maladies diarrhéiques et la pneumonie aux maladies chroniques telles que les maladies cardiaques) qui risque de submerger leurs systèmes de santé déjà très sollicités et de fragiliser plus avant leurs économies.
Vaccines are one of the simplest, most cost-effective tools to improve public health. Vaccine-preventable diseases can lead to illness, disfigurement, and disability, and remain a substantial cause of death for young children.
Government policymakers and planners around the world use population projections to gauge future demand for food, water, energy, and services, and to forecast future demographic characteristics.
Government policymakers and planners around the world use population projections to gauge future demand for food, water, energy, and services, and to forecast future demographic characteristics.
(2015) According to news reports, Nigerian parliamentarian Babatunde Gabriel Kolawole backed a proposed motion for population policy legislation with projections from PRB’s World Population Data Sheet as evidence of a brewing crisis and the need to take quick policy action to avert it.