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.
Young adults are generally very healthy. In a recent survey, 96 percent of 18-to-24-year-old Americans reported being in excellent, very good, or good health. Less than 5 percent reported a serious physical, mental, or emotional disability.1 Yet the transition from adolescence and dependence on parents to independent young adulthood is fraught with potential health dangers—and mortality statistics reflect these hazards.
PRB leads the KidsData program, which advances children’s well-being in California by providing a high-quality, wide-ranging data website and collaborating with those who work on behalf of children.
(2019) Japan, Italy, and Germany top the list of the world’s oldest countries—if the data are based on the share of the population ages 65 and older.
(2003) Education is a key part of strategies to improve individuals' well-being and societies' economic and social development.
(2003) Education is a key part of strategies to improve individuals' well-being and societies' economic and social development.
(2001) Despite laws against domestic violence, many women in Latin America and the Caribbean continue to be failed by the legal system.
(2011) At the start of the UN International Year of Youth in August 2010, UN Focal Point on Youth Nicola Shepherd stated: "The International Year is about advancing the full and effective participation of youth in all aspects of society...we encourage all sectors of society to work in partnership with youth and youth organizations to better understand their needs and concerns and to recognize the contributions that they can make to society."