Infant Mortality

How to Measure Maternal Grief – a Study in Africa

The Research Brief is a short take on interesting academic work. The big idea Most parents living in industrialized countries today reasonably presume that all their children will survive childhood....

Is Stopping Coronavirus Worth The Lives Of Africa’s Children?

Suppose you had the choice between two health policies, A and B. Policy A would result in the death of a lot of elderly people. Policy B would result in...

U.S. Fertility Keeps Dropping – But That’s Not a Reason to Panic

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on May 15 that the number of births in the U.S. is down 2% – “the lowest number of births in 32...