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  • ‘That is Not a Lump, Mr Beck, It is a Blessing’

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  • ‘Meet Once Lover, Who Are Ditched By Each Other’

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  • Wheelbarrow

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  • Vishwa Bandhu Gupta and Cloud Computing

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  • Lady Gaga vs Anna Hazare

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  • Soap Operas With a Social Message

    Updated: 2012-01-31 14:14:20
    Please see this recent NY Times “Opinionater” article, written by Sarika Bansal, a freelance journalist and a graduate student at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. As you are likely aware, Population Media Center works around the world to deliver entertainment-education programming, with an emphasis on educating about the benefits of small families, [...]

  • Can Family Planning Programs Reduce High Desired Family Size in Africa?

    Updated: 2012-01-30 14:23:27
    Below is a recent paper by John Bongaarts, published in International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 37, Number 4, December 2011: http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/3720911.html Can Family Planning Programs Reduce High Desired Family Size in Sub-Saharan Africa? By John Bongaarts During the past half century, fertility declines have been pervasive in Asia and Latin America. Between [...]

  • Ethiopia Gets On the Pill, and That Matters for Africa

    Updated: 2012-01-30 14:23:08
    The following article was recently seen on RH Reality Check, which provides reproductive and sexual health and justice news, analysis and commentary. See: http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2012/01/11/ethiopia-gets-on-pill-and-that-matters-africa Ethiopia Gets on The Pill, and that Matters for Africa by Jessica Mack January 11, 2012 – 11:42pm African countries are too often lumped together as one big composite of grave [...]

  • Peter Gleick: Population Dynamics Key to Sustainable Water Solutions

    Updated: 2012-01-30 14:19:18
    Congratulations to the New Security Beat, the blog of the Environmental Change and Security Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, for prospering into their 5th year of existence. Their efforts help me to share this quick Saturday morning reading (and watching). Click here for Peter Gleick, world renowned water expert, commenting on [...]

  • Swaziland: Control of population growth is needed, says DPM

    Updated: 2012-01-27 14:20:29
    You may be interested to read the recently reported opinion of the Deputy Prime Minister of Swaziland, the small land-locked country situated in southern Africa. The CIA fact book puts the population at 1.37 million. Life expectancy is just 48 years. 60% of the population reportedly live on less than the equivalent of US$1.25 per [...]

  • Turning the Population Tide in the Philippines

    Updated: 2012-01-26 14:07:47
    Thanks to Cecelia Angelone for sending me this video and transcript of a recently aired story on the PBS NEWSHOUR program. Click here to watch the video report or read the transcript below: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/globalhealth/jan-june12/philippines_01-23.html Watch Turning the Population Tide in the Philippines on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour. Transcript JEFFREY BROWN: And now to [...]

  • World must wake up to the coming crisis in the Sahel

    Updated: 2012-01-25 14:04:26
    Thanks to John Rowley for alerting PMC to the following editorial, written by Malcolm Potts. Malcolm is the first holder of the Fred H. Bixby endowed chair in Population and Family Planning at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health and co-director of the Berkeley International Group (BIG). See: http://www.peopleandplanet.net/?lid=30205&topic=27&section=33 COMMENTARY: World must wake up to [...]

  • Vallentyne was right: achieving sustainability requires accounting for all relevant factors

    Updated: 2012-01-24 14:12:31
    Congratulations to Bill Ryerson on the following essay, published in the latest edition of Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics. It is the first in a series of 3 articles related to the late John R. “Jack” Vallentyne I will be sending in the next week or so. The abstract is below. You may access [...]

  • Dangerous abortions ‘on the rise’, says WHO

    Updated: 2012-01-23 19:39:48
    Below, a recently published story from the BBC. See: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16618156 Dangerous abortions ‘on the rise’, says WHO 19 January 2012 A rising proportion of abortions worldwide are putting women’s health at risk, researchers say. The World Health Organization study suggests global abortion rates are steady, at 28 per 1,000 women a year. However, the proportion [...]

  • Birth rate plummets in Brazil

    Updated: 2012-01-23 19:36:25
    Thanks to David Zakus and Leon Kolankiewicz for pointing out this article. I especially draw your attention to the final section, “The Telenovela Effect“. You can read more about PMC’s efforts in Brazil here. As a reminder, Brazil (195 million) accounts for roughly 2.7% of world population. See: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/fertility-rate-plummets-in-brazil/2011/12/23/gIQAsOXWPP_story.html Birth rate plummets in Brazil By [...]

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