Last week, the Population Reference Bureau launched the annual World Population Data Sheet, highlighting country, regional, and global population, health, and environment data and patterns. This year’s data sheet places special emphasis on youth. “The great bulk of today’s 1.2 billion youth—nearly 90 percent—are in developing countries,” said Carl Haub, PRB senior demographer and co-author of the data sheet. Eight [...]

The International Initiative on Maternal Mortality and Human Rights (IIMMHR) just released a publication called “The Missing Link: Applied Budget Work as a Tool to Hold Governments Accountable for Maternal Mortality Reduction Commitments.”
This report, co-authored with the International Budget Partnership, explores the relevance of civil society budget analysis and advocacy and its potential as a [...]

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A new report on maternal mortality, released by UNICEF, highlights the risks faced during pregnancy and childbirth by women in developing countries.
The report, Progress for Children: A Report Card on Maternal Mortality states that, according to the latest data, more than 99 per cent of all maternal deaths occur in developing countries, [...]

Norad engaged Lene Ask, a Norwegian comic book writer and artist, to travel to Tanzania and draw cartoons from the field–above is one of her illustrations. What do you think? Effective tool for getting out the message?