Recently added articles from Population Reports:
Meeting the urban challenge.
Sep 22, 2002 ... Every week urban areas gain another one million people. Within four years half of the world's population will live in urban areas. How governments and communities meet the concurrent challenges of rapid urbanization, poverty, development, and protection of the natural environment will ...
Three to five saves lives: couples who space their births 3 to 5 years apart increase their children's chances of survival, and mothers are more likely to survive, too, according to new research. Many women want to space births longer than they currently do. Programs can do more to help them achieve the birth intervals they want. (Birth Spacing).
Jun 22, 2002 ... Over the years research has consistently demonstrated that, when mothers space births at least 2 years apart, their children are more likely to survive and to be healthy. Many programs have recommended 2-year intervals, and the message is widely known: In surveys most women say that a ...
Performance improvement.(reproductive health organizations)
Mar 22, 2002 ... Performance Improvement (PI), a process pioneered in industry, is now helping to strengthen reproductive health organizations. PI focuses on meeting the needs of service providers and other staff members. When programs enable and inspire staff to do their best, the quality of care ...
Strengthening the supply chain. (Family Planning Logistics).
Jan 01, 2002 ... When their logistics systems improve, family planning programs can make contraceptives more available, help ensure steady supply, and deliver better care to meet clients' needs. As government and donor funding for contraceptives falls short of rising demand, an efficient supply chain ...
Can we avoid catastrophe? Today's young people are the AIDS generation. They have never known a world without HIV. Millions already have died. Yet the HIV/AIDS epidemic among youth remains largely invisible to adults and to young people themselves. Stopping HIV/AIDS requires comprehensive strategies that focus on youth. (Youth and HIV/AIDS).(Statistical Data Included)
Sep 22, 2001 ... Of the over 60 million people who have been infected with HIV in the past 20 years, about half became infected between the ages of 15 and 24. Today, nearly 12 million young people are living with HIV/AIDS. Young women are several times more likely than young men to be infected with HIV. In ...