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David Canning

Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
Families and households

Family planning and children’s development in urban Malawi (2016-2018)

November 18, 2024 Daniel Maggio, Mahesh Karra and David Canning
Africa, Family, malawi

In Malawi, in a trial carried out between 2016 and 2018, children grew taller and exhibited more rapid cognitive development when their mothers’ access to family planning and reproductive health … Read more

Fertility and reproduction

Fertility transition in India: sub-regional evidence

March 3, 2021April 11, 2016 Sanjay K. Mohanty, Günther Fink, Rajesh K. Chauhan and David Canning
Asia, Children, Fertility, Mortality, Reproduction

Population stabilization in India is of obvious global significance. According to the latest census, India’s population was 1,210 million in 2011, accounting for 17 percent of the global population; if … Read more

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