Children living in districts of India that are highly vulnerable to climate variability are more likely to suffer from malnutrition compared with children living in areas of low vulnerability.
It's impossible to know exactly what the future will bring, but modeling can help us predict or forecast possible future outcomes.
Population Council researchers develop demographic projections based on globally used and agreed upon scenarios to help us understand the complex interplay between people and the climate. How will the changes we make or fail to make over time affect our future?
Frontline health workers are often the first and only link to essential health services for millions of people worldwide, particularly during humanitarian crises.
The Population Council invites applications for the position of Editor(s), Studies in Family Planning (SFP). Individual applications as well as applications for Co-Editors will be considered.
About 26 percent of children in Kenya are stunted from malnutrition. Poor nutrition in early life irreversibly impacts brain development, affecting learning and future productivity.
Population and Development Review, a journal of the Population Council, seeks abstracts (250–400 words) and extended abstracts (2–4 pages) for potential contributions to Population Challenges in the 21st Century: Looking Backward, Looking Forward, a special issue to mark the 50th anniversary of the journal.
Family Planning 2030 (FP2030), the global family planning partnership, today announced its two new regional hubs in Africa, including one in Abuja, Nigeria. The Abuja-based hub will be hosted by Population Council Nigeria and will serve North, West, and Central Africa.
We hear it in nearly every sexual and reproductive health conversation today—from HIV prevention to family planning to STI treatment, people want and deserve choice. Whether it’s a pill, ring, injectable, or newer delivery method, we know that a person’s ability to choose a method that works for them is crucial.
The United States has shifted its focus on tracking COVID-19 cases to the use of hospitalizations as a primary metric in assessing “community level risk.” However, COVID-19 hospitalization data remains murky, inhibiting public health officials to accurately understand who is getting hospitalized.
This year’s sixty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is dedicated to “Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction policies and programs.”
