Behind the Numbers: The PRB blog on population, health, and the environment

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PRB in the Field: A Few Ponderings on Field Visits

Friday, December 18th, 2009 Posted in Environment, PRB News | No Comments »

by Jason Bremner, program director, Population, Health, and Environment  My mind is often flooded with indicators: population size, percent of the population living on less than a dollar per day, landholdings per ... Read more..

Carbon Offsets and Drawing the Distinction Between Population “Control” and Voluntary Family Planning

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 Posted in Environment, Reproductive Health | 7 Comments »

by Jason Bremner, program director, Population, Health, and Environment I was recently asked whether I thought Optimum Population Trust's Carbon Offsets Program was akin to “population control” by rich countries on poor ... Read more..

World Water Week and the Challenges of the Future

Friday, August 21st, 2009 Posted in Environment | No Comments »

by Jason Bremner, program director, Population, Health, and Environment This week is World Water Week, and an international conference in Stockholm, Sweden is focusing on the converging challenges that characterize the ... Read more..

Fertility Rise for Richest and Climate Change Revisited

Friday, August 7th, 2009 Posted in Environment, Population Basics | 3 Comments »

by Jason Bremner, program director, Population, Health, and Environment  Andy Revkin’s post this week on The New York Times’ DotEarth blog highlights a recent paper published in Nature that indicates that countries ... Read more..

Links Between HIV/AIDS and…the Environment?

Monday, July 27th, 2009 Posted in Environment, HIV/AIDS | 2 Comments »

by Jason Bremner, program director, Population, Health, and Environment When I tell friends and colleagues that I’ve just returned from a trip to Kenya to participate in a seminar on HIV/AIDS ... Read more..

PRB in the Field: Population, Health, and Environment in Rwanda, part 2

Thursday, March 26th, 2009 Posted in Environment, PRB News | No Comments »

by Jason Bremner, program director, Population, Health, and Environment (Read part 1 of this post)  The next morning, our group rises early for a long drive to Nyungwe National Park, in the ... Read more..

PRB in the Field: Population, Health, and Environment in Rwanda, part 1

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 Posted in Environment, PRB News | No Comments »

by Jason Bremner, program director, Population, Health, and Environment Program  Sitting on a chartered bus in Rwanda, surrounded by members of the East Africa Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) network, I’m excited ... Read more..

Demand for Demographic Data in Ethiopia

Friday, December 5th, 2008 Posted in Population Basics | No Comments »

by Jason Bremner, program director, Population, Health, and Environment  As our vehicle drove along rural Ethiopian roads packed with children going to school, farmers headed to market, and animals headed for pastures, ... Read more..