PRB Webcasts on Health and Nutrition
2012
Malawi: Investing in Our Future Now. A PRB ENGAGE Presentation, May 2012
Poverty and Unmet Need in Reproductive Health of Youth in Central Africa. Interview With Gervais Beninguisse, IFORD Cameroon, April 2012
Health Risks and Migration. Interview With Alice Mesnard, City University London, April 2012
Rwanda's High But Recently Declining Fertility. Interview With Pieter Hooimeijer, Utrecht University, March 2012
2011
"The Effects of Military Deployment on Family Health,"PRB-JHU 5th Annual Symposium on Policy and Health, Oct. 28, 2011
"Noncommunicable Diseases and Youth in Developing Countries,"
interview with Wendy Baldwin, PRB, August 2011
"Integrating Family Planning and Maternal/Child Health Services,"
interview with Debbie Bain Brickley, University of California San Francisco, August 2011
"Educational Differences in Adult Mortality in the United States," PRB Policy Seminar with Robert Hummer, University of Texas at Austin, April 2011
2010
"Defining 'Good' and 'Poor' Health Empirically: A Profile of Older Adults in the United States," PRB Policy Seminar with Linda Waite, professor of sociology and director of the Center on Aging at the University of Chicago, November 2010
"Rescuing the 'Bottom Billion' Through Control of the Neglected Tropical Diseases," interview with Peter Hotez, distinguished research professor and chair of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine at The George Washington University, and president of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, May 2010
First Annual Malthus Lecture: "Meat," Joel E. Cohen, Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of Populations at The Rockefeller University and the Earth Institute of Columbia University, March 3, 2010
2009
"Overcoming Global Health Inequalities: Where Next?" Davidson Gwatkin, Senior Fellow, Results for Development Institute, Dec. 16, 2009
"Africa's Future: Improving the Health of Mothers and Children," John Bongaarts, vice president and distinguished scholar at the Population Council; Jotham Musinguzi, regional director of Partners in Population and Development, Africa Regional Office in Uganda; and Nafissatou (Nafy) Diop, reproductive health and family planning technical advisor and country director for the Population Council in Senegal, June 5, 2009
"Health Effect of Marriage and Other Social Relationships," interview with Linda Waite, Lucy Flower Professor in Urban Sociology and director of the Center on Aging at the National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago, June 1, 2009
"The Effects of Smoking on Trends in U.S. Mortality at Older Ages," interview with Samuel Preston, professor of demography, University of Pennsylvania, April 16, 2009.
"U.S. Adult Mortality and Health Trends in an International Context," interview with Eileen Crimmins, Davis School of Gerontology, UCLA, April 16, 2009.
2008
"Disability, Elderly Health, and Obesity," interview with Jay Bhattacharya, assistant professor of medicine, Stanford University, Aug. 1, 2008
"Improving Early Childhood Nutrition Has Long-Term Economic Benefits," interview with Reynaldo Martorell, Jan. 23, 2008
2007
2007 World Population Data Sheet Press Briefing: "Malnutrition Is a Major Contributor to Child Deaths," Aug. 16, 2007
"Growing Old in America: What You Need to Know About the Health and Retirement Study," symposium held in Washington, DC, on June 12, 2007
"Is Low Birth Weight a Cause of Problems, or a Symptom of Them?" symposium held in Washington, DC, on May 31, 2007
"Confronting Chronic Diseases: Are We Prepared?" symposium held in Washington, DC, on April 30, 2007