How does lower infant mortality affect overpopulation?

Rather than looking across the world’s countries (as the Report does), I looked specifically at countries within sub-Saharan Africa over time, which seems more relevant to the hypothesis that lowering infant mortality in high-mortality, high-fertility countries (such as those in sub-Saharan Africa) is associated with lowering fertility. read more

Additionally, although the effect of mortality decreases on fertility might be weak in isolation, it might be that in some contexts decreasing mortality alongside other interventions may be necessary to reduce fertility and limit population growth. read more

century would make an outcome between the lower and the medium variants more likely. The role that child health interventions can play in reducing birth rates and the role family planning interventions can play in reducing child mortality depend on the settings in which the interventions are applied. read more