A pop-up site in Johannesburg aimed at encouraging mini-bus taxi operators and commuters to vaccinate on site.
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Between May 2020 and early September 2021, over a quarter of a million more people have died from natural causes than was predicted for that time period.
Biologists and demographers are actively debating whether there is a natural cap on the human life span, and how high that might be.
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Large numbers of young people can represent great economic potential. But this only works if Nigeria can invest in their health and education and new economic opportunities.
The governments of several African countries have been reporting counts of confirmed cases, recoveries and deaths related to COVID-19, without a breakdown by age and sex.
Fertility rates: hard to predict.
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Despite the hype about a “coronial” baby boom, the pandemic is likely to see many Australians delay or not have children at all.
The pandemic has stretched out the amount of time the census is being conducted, contributing to worries over accuracy.
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A group of population experts have called on governments in Latin American and the Caribbean to urgently ramp up testing for COVID-19 before it’s too late.
Francis William Edmonds’ ‘Taking the Census,’ from 1854.
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Long before coronavirus hit Australia we were moving less between states and regions. Some worry about economic impacts, but a greater concern is inequality if some people find themselves ‘trapped’.
Cesarean sections have become more common in the U.S.
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Anthropologue et démographe, professeur émérite au Muséum national d’histoire naturelle et conseiller de la direction de l'INED, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN)