In Egypt, there has been a sharp increase in the prevalence of cesarean section over the past decade. Data from the Egypt Demographic and Health Survey suggest that cesarean delivery may be overused or used for inappropriate indications.
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.
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.
Pakistan’s Council of Common Interests approved work on the seventh population and housing census. A pilot of the digital process will be conducted in May, and the full-fledged census would begin in August and completed in one month. Final results are scheduled to be announced by December in time for the 2023 election polls.
Scientists at the Population Council’s Center for Biomedical Research is developing a novel reversible contraceptive for men. The Nestorone®/Testosterone (NES/T) gel is designed to be absorbed through the skin with minimal side effects.
Thoai Ngo, Vice President of Social and Behavioral Science Research, shares his perspective on global health as a "double agent" straddling two worlds. Ngo contributes insights to an essay by Madhukar Pai, Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology & Global Health at McGill University, published in Forbes.
In The Telegraph, activist Nimko Ali cites the Population Council’s comprehensive evidence review on the Effectiveness of Interventions Designed to Prevent or Respond to Female Genital Mutilation.
The Council’s Ashish Bajracharya and Ubaidur Rob joined partners in a roundtable discussion on the needs and workforce potential of adolescents in the Rohingya community. The conversation was summarized in The Daily Star.
In Health Affairs Forefront, the Council's Thoai Ngo calls for biomedical and social and behavioral know-how, captured in the Swiss Cheese Model, to suppress transmission of COVID-19 and prevent deaths.
In the Council on Foreign Relations’ Women Around the World blog, Council researchers Nicole Haberland and Timothy Abuya discuss the impact of COVID-19 on progress in education worldwide.
