Morning Briefing

Helen Epstein, author of "The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West and the Fight Against AIDS" examines the implications of the world's growing population for Africa in this New York Times Opinion piece, writing, "Before this century ends, there could well be 10 billion of us, a billion more than previously expected. Nearly all of these extra billion people will be born in Africa, where women in some countries bear seven children each on average, and only one in 10 uses contraception. With mortality rates from disease falling, the population of some countries could increase eightfold in the next century."