PRB’s policy briefs provide concise overviews of current population, health, and environment trends, and examine the issues surrounding these trends for decisionmakers and policy advocates. Journalists, educators, and students also use the briefs to become informed about the latest research on a range of topics.
Integrating Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health Care: Saving Lives, Money, and TimeJuly 2011
Who Speaks for Me? Ending Child MarriageApril 2011
Toward an Engaged Public DemographyFebruary 2011
Spousal Violence in EgyptSeptember 2010
Unintended Pregnancies in the Middle East and North AfricaAugust 2010
Engaging Men for Gender Equality and Improved Reproductive HealthJuly 2010
Supply Chain: Getting Contraceptives to UsersMay 2010
Procuring Contraceptives: Options for CountriesMay 2010
Policy Environment: Understanding the Context for Contraceptive SecurityMay 2010
Financing Contraceptives: A New Funding EnvironmentMay 2010
Priority Actions and Recommendations for Contraceptive SecurityMay 2010
Contraceptive Security for Policy Audiences: An OverviewMay 2010
Planning for Contraceptive Security: Start With SPARHCSMay 2010
U.S. Children in Single-Mother FamiliesMay 2010
The Role of Policymakers in Ending Female Genital Mutilation: An African PerspectiveMay 2010
Investing in Youth for National DevelopmentFebruary 2010
Ethiopia at a Crossroads: Demography, Gender, and DevelopmentDecember 2009
Supporting the Integration of Family Planning and HIV ServicesOctober 2009
Intregrating Population, Health, and Environment in UgandaJuly 2009
Expanding Contraceptive Choice: Five Promising InnovationsJune 2009
Family Planning and Economic Well-Being: New Evidence From BangladeshJune 2009
Integrating Population, Health, and Environment in RwandaMarch 2009
Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan AfricaOctober 2008
Population, Health, and Environment Issues in the Philippines: A Profile of Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)October 2008
">Population, Health, and Environment Issues in the Philippines: A Profile of Calabarzon RegionOctober 2008
Abortion in the Middle East and North AfricaSeptember 2008
Advancing Research to Inform Reproductive Health Policies in the Middle East and North AfricaJuly 2008
Population, Health, and Environment Issues in the Philippines: A Profile of the National Capital RegionApril 2008
Population, Health, and Environment Issues in the Philippines: A Profile of Central VisayasApril 2008
Population, Health, and Environment Issues in the Philippines: A Profile of Cagayan ValleyApril 2008
Ensuring a Wide Range of Family Planning ChoicesApril 2008
Addressing Population in Poverty Reduction StrategiesNovember 2007
Integrating Population, Health, and Environment in KenyaNovember 2007
Integrating Population, Health, and Environment in EthiopiaNovember 2007
Integrating Population, Health, and Environment in TanzaniaNovember 2007
Powerful Partners: Adolescent Girls' Education and Delayed ChildbearingSeptember 2007
Malnutrition Is Still a Major Contributor to Child DeathsAugust 2007
Africa's Youthful Population: Risk or Opportunity?June 2007
Youth in the Middle East and North Africa: Demographic Opportunity or Challenge?April 2007
Young People's Sexual and Reproductive Health in the Middle East and North AfricaApril 2007
Time to Intervene: Preventing the Spread of HIV/AIDS in the Middle East and North AfricaFebruary 2007
Linking Population, Health, and Environment in Fianarantsoa Province, MadagascarDecember 2006
How HIV and AIDS Affect Populations August 2006
Youth in a Global WorldJune 2006
Youth in Pakistan: Four Policy BriefsMay 2006
The Maternal-Newborn-Child Health Continuum of Care: A Collective Effort to Save LivesMarch 2006
Reforming Family Laws to Promote Progress in the Middle East and North AfricaFebruary 2006
Investing in Reproductive Health to Achieve Development Goals: The Middle East and North AfricaJanuary 2006
Marriage in the Arab WorldDecember 2005
Frequently Asked Questions About the PRB World Population Data SheetAugust 2005
A Summary of the 'So What?' Report: Integrating a Gender FocusJuly 2005
Gender Equality: New Opportunities for Moving AheadJune 2005
Promoting Healthy BehaviorMay 2005
Taking Stock of Women's ProgressMay 2005
Preventing Cervical Cancer WorldwideMarch 2005
Do Empowered Mothers Foster Gender Equity and Better Reproductive Health in the Next Generation?January 2005
The Unfinished Agenda: Meeting the Need for Family Planning in Less Developed Countries (PDF: 306KB)November 2004
Breaking New Ground in the Philippines: Opportunities to Improve Human and Environmental Well-BeingNovember 2004
Islam and Family PlanningSeptember 2004
World Population Highlights 2004August 2004
The Healthy Newborn Partnership: Improving Newborn Survival and Health Through Partnership, Policy, and ActionJuly 2004
Improving the Health of the World's Poorest People Policy Brief (PDF: 106KB)May 2004
Making Motherhood Safer in EgyptApril 2004
Progress Toward the Millennium Development Goals in the Middle EastMarch 2004
Empowering Women, Developing Society: Female Education in the Middle East and North AfricaNovember 2003
Integrating Essential Newborn Care Into Countries' Policies and ProgramsOctober 2003
Ripple Effects: Population and Coastal RegionsSeptember 2003
Reproductive Health Trends in Eastern Europe and EurasiaSeptember 2003
Health Sector Reform: How It Affects Reproductive HealthJune 2003
Using Evidence to Save Newborn LivesMay 2003
Improving the Quality of Reproductive Health Care: How Much Does It Cost?May 2003
Improving the Quality of Reproductive Health Care for Young People (PDF: 223KB)May 2003
New Perspectives on Quality of Care: References for briefs 4 and 5May 2003
Why Invest in Newborn Health?April 2003
Unmet Need for Family Planning: Recent Trends and Their Implications for ProgramsFebruary 2003
Women's Reproductive Health in the Middle East and North AfricaFebruary 2003
Hidden Suffering: Disabilities From Pregnancy and Childbirth in Less Developed CountriesAugust 2002
Children's Environmental Health: Risks and Remedies July 2002
Finding the Balance: Population and Water Scarcity in the Middle East and North AfricaJuly 2002
Meeting the Reproductive Health Needs of Displaced PeopleJuly 2002
Client-Centered Quality: Clients' Perspectives and Barriers to Receiving CareJuly 2002
Overview of Quality of Care in Reproductive Health: Definitions and Measurements of QualityJuly 2002
Providers and Quality of CareJuly 2002
New Perspectives on Quality of Care SeriesJuly 2002
Iran's Family Planning Program: Responding to a Nation's NeedsJune 2002
Healthy Mothers and Healthy Newborns: The Vital LinkApril 2002
Women, Men, and Environmental ChangeFebruary 2002
Securing Future Supplies for Family Planning and HIV/AIDS PreventionFebruary 2002
Understanding and Using Population ProjectionsDecember 2001
Population Trends and Challenges in the Middle East and North AfricaDecember 2001
Healthy People Need Healthy ForestsOctober 2001
Building on Global Gains in Health, Education, and Rights: The Cairo ConcensusDecember 2000
Emerging Issues in Women's Health and Rights: Discussions from Women 2000November 2000
How Does Family Planning Influence Women's Lives? (PDF: 266KB)October 2000
Meeting Young Women's Reproductive and Sexual Health Needs September 2000
Is Education the Best Contraceptive? (PDF: 267KB)August 2000
Making Pregnancy and Childbirth SaferAugust 2000