Behind the Numbers: The PRB blog on population, health, and the environment
The PRB blog on population, health, and the environment
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Author Archive7 in 10 American Households Have Broadband Internet AccessWednesday, November 16th, 2011 Posted in Population Basics [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Photo: jaschr.com/Creative Commons."][/caption] by Eric Zuehlke, web communications manager Some new data are available in a recent report from the U.S. Department of Commerce on internet access ... Read more..Mega-Cities and Planning for Population GrowthWednesday, November 9th, 2011 Posted in Population Basics by Eric Zuehlke, web communications manager Many organizations and media stories have reported the finding that for the first time in history, half of the world's people live in urban areas. ... Read more..The Long Road to 7 Billion is Paved With…Potatoes?Friday, October 28th, 2011 Posted in Population Basics by Eric Zuehlke, web communications manager As a history buff, I was fascinated by a recent article on Smithsonian.com, “How the Potato Changed the World.” Largely based on Charles C. Mann’s ... Read more..Tough Economic Times = Fewer Babies in the U.S.Monday, October 17th, 2011 Posted in Marriage/Family by Eric Zuehlke, web communications manager Just a quick plug for a couple of interviews with PRB's senior visiting scholar Carl Haub on the decline in the U.S. birth rate since ... Read more..7 Billion Today, But Where Will We Be in 2050?Tuesday, October 4th, 2011 Posted in Population Basics by Eric Zuehlke, web communications manager The world's population will hit 7 billion people this month, according to the UN. Much of the coverage on this development seems to center either ... Read more..Find and Visualize the Data You Want Through PRB’s New and Improved DataFinderMonday, September 12th, 2011 Posted in PRB News by Eric Zuehlke, web communications manager In our information age, it isn’t very hard to find demographic, health, environment, and economic data as more organizations and government agencies collect and publish ... Read more..Big News for Global VaccinesThursday, June 16th, 2011 Posted in Health by Eric Zuehlke, web communications manager It’s been a big couple of weeks for progress on the global immunization front. This week, the Global Alliance on Vaccines and Immunizations (GAVI) announced ... Read more..Rethinking “Hunger”Monday, May 2nd, 2011 Posted in Income/Poverty by Eric Zuehlke, web communications manager “Hunger”: What does that word mean to you? I would guess that most would define it as not having enough to eat. It probably brings ... Read more..Building a Gender Strategy for the Afghanistan Ministry of Public HealthFriday, March 11th, 2011 Posted in Gender by Eric Zuehlke, web communications manager Recent media reports have focused on the stalled progress for women in Afghanistan and the shift in the international community's focus as they take steps towards an eventual military withdrawl. Although there's much ... Read more..Obesity and Mapping U.S. “Food Deserts”Tuesday, January 4th, 2011 Posted in Income/Poverty by Eric Zuehlke, editor A few months ago, I wrote about the correlation between lower income levels and higher obesity rates for women in the United States. The link is dramatic: 36 percent ... Read more.. |
