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

Malawi Vice President: “Family Planning is a Family Business”

Friday, May 11th, 2012 Posted in Reproductive Health

by Kate Gilles, policy analyst, International Programs “Family planning is a family business…and both men and women should be involved.”  This was one of the key points in the Malawian Vice ... Read more..

Managing Population, Achieving Development: Malawi’s Challenge and Opportunity

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 Posted in PRB News, Reproductive Health

by Jay Gribble, vice president, International Programs Sitting in the conference hall of the Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe, Malawi's capital, as the National Leaders Conference on Family Planning, Population, and Development ... Read more..

The Power of Youth in Kibera

Monday, March 19th, 2012 Posted in Gender, Reproductive Health, Youth

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Photo: Mia Foreman/PRB."][/caption] by Mia Foreman, policy analyst, International Programs Kibera, located 5 km from the city center of Nairobi, has been called Africa’s second-largest ... Read more..

Learning From Navrongo

Thursday, January 19th, 2012 Posted in Health, Reproductive Health

by Eric Zuehlke, web communications manager Navrongo, a rural district in northern Ghana that faced high infant and under-5 mortality and where women averaged over 5 children each 20 years ago, ... Read more..

Population, Health, and Environment Champions Bring Their Experiences From the Field to the International Family Planning Conference

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 Posted in Environment

by Jason Bremner, program director, Population, Health, and Environment This past week at the 2011 International Conference on Family Planning, four practitioners from the field traveled from remote parts of Democratic ... Read more..

Looking Back at Dakar

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011 Posted in Reproductive Health

by Jay Gribble, vice president, International Programs ICFP 2011 has ended and now we are heading on to our next destination, some back home, some to conferences in Ougadougou and Durbin, ... Read more..

Couple Dynamics in Family Planning; Men Advancing Family Planning; Engaging Men in Family Planning: How? Why?

Thursday, December 1st, 2011 Posted in Reproductive Health

by Kate Gilles, policy analyst, International Programs These are a few of the sessions offered over the past two days at the International Family Planning Conference in Dakar. Listening to colleagues ... Read more..

Opening of ICFP 2011 Urges Participants to Build on Momentum Toward Family Planning

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 Posted in Reproductive Health

by Eric Zuehlke, web communications manager With 2,400 participants from 88 countries, the 2011 International Conference on Family Planning is the largest international gathering dedicated to family planning in history, making ... Read more..

Dakar: 2011 ICFP Opening is Hours Away

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 Posted in Reproductive Health, Youth

by Jay Gribble, vice president, International Programs Two years after the first international family planning conference in Uganda, people have come from around the world again to focus on prioritizing family ... Read more..

Quick Takes: DR Congo Fertility, More on Names in India, Family Planning in Africa, and Serbian Census Results

Thursday, November 17th, 2011 Posted in Population Basics, Reproductive Health

by Carl Haub, senior visiting scholar Fertility in Democratic Republic of Congo. The 2010 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is now available and reports ... Read more..