PRB Discuss Online: Population and Climate Change, What Is the Link?
(2009) Climate change may adversely affect the population in many parts of the globe, in particular in developing countries where there is still substantial population growth.
(2009) Climate change may adversely affect the population in many parts of the globe, in particular in developing countries where there is still substantial population growth.
Yemi Omoshola, a woman from Lagos State, in southwestern Nigeria, needed blood desperately. Her doctor's attempts to induce delivery of her overdue baby had caused excessive bleeding. Unfortunately, the hospital had no blood bank. While her husband searched for blood, Mrs. Omoshola lost consciousness and died.
This is the fifth in a series of profiles of the people who have most influenced thinking about population over the past century. The profiles bring you the insights of contemporary population specialists on the contributions of their predecessors.
Project: IDEA: Informing Decisionmakers to Act
PRB’s World Population Data Sheet is an annual report on the world’s demographic, health, and environmental progress and challenges.
Faced with a deficit of nursing assistants and home health aides, rural areas lack the workforce they need for people to age in place, new research finds.