Malawi is one of the countries in the sub-Saharan Africa with high prevalence of HIV/AIDS. This paper analyzes socio-demographic effects using estimates and projections by the United Nations Population Division. It compares estimates and projections for both short term (2005-2020) and also long term (1980-2050), with the reality of HIV/AIDS and without the scenario of it. Detailed comparisons a...

This study analyzes the characteristics of land use/land cover change in Jordan’s Irbid governorate, 1984–2018, and predicts future land use/land cover for 2030 and 2050 using a cellular automata-Markov model. The results inform planners and decision makers of past and current spatial dynamics of land use/land cover change and predicted urban expansion, for a better understanding and successful...

In recent decades, water scarcity is a significant constraint for socioeconomic development and threatens livelihood in an agriculture-based developing country like Pakistan. The crisis the projected to exacerbate coming years, especially southern parts. This dire situation calls investigation of major droughts, associated scarcity, changes teleconnection patterns over Southern Moderate low Sou...

There is little doubt that energy demand is expected to grow rapidly in most developing countries over the next decades. For Bangladesh, economic growth has been accelerating and it is expected that the population will grow from an estimated 150 million people in 2008 to 200 million by 2050, with almost half of the population living in urban areas. An examination of options for meeting the expe...

BackgroundTo contribute to the WHO initiative, VISION 2020: The Right Sight, an assessment of global vision impairment in 2020 and temporal change is needed. We aimed extensively update estimates loss burden, presenting for 2020, over three decades between 1990–2020, forecasts 2050.MethodsWe did a systematic review meta-analysis population-based surveys eye disease from January, 1980, October, ...