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October 28, 2011

The 7 Billionth Human: What Does This Birth Mean?

The United Nations Population Division estimates that the world’s population will reach 7 billion around October 31, 2011. To explore the impact of this milestone, the Hopkins Population Center and the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health hosted the symposium “The Seven Billionth Human: What Does This Birth Mean” on October 14.

Speakers include:

Babatunde Ostimehin
Executive Director,
United Nations Population Fund

David Lam
Professor, Economics Department
University of Michigan

Hania Zlotnik
Director, Population Division
United Nations

Brian O’Neill
National Center for Atmospheric Research

Media contact: Tim Parsons, director of Public Affairs, at 410-955-7619 or  tmparson@jhsph.edu.