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Population, Health, and Environment Voices: Stories from PHE Champions, Model Households, and Policy Makers in the Lake Victoria Basin of the East African Community

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Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) programs improve primary health care services such as family planning and reproductive health, while also helping communities conserve biodiversity, manage natural resources, and develop sustainable livelihoods. When these issues are addressed simultaneously, communities thrive. This collection highlights the experiences of PHE stakeholders and champions in the Lake Victoria Basin through stories and photos. The booklet shares a diverse set of voices from policy makers, community members, and PHE program implementers.

Year: 2018

Source: Lake Victoria Basin Commission | Knowledge for Health (K4Health) Project

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    Integrating Population, Health, and Environment for Sustainable Development in Kenya

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    This ENGAGE presentation highlights many of Kenya’s development successes, including the national climate change strategy and national population policy. Breaking down complex concepts and using nontechnical language, the presentation shows the connections between people’s access to family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) information and services, their health, and their reliance on natural resources. The presentation connects the impacts of FP/RH access for households, communities, and the country, drawing on examples of successful PHE efforts in Kenya. Stakeholders from diverse sectors within Kenya can use this resource to promote a policy dialogue about the critical role of population dynamics with health and the environment, and the ways that investments in FP/RH can propel progress towards Kenya’s many development goals.

    Available in English and Kiswahili.

    Year: 2017

    Source: Population Reference Bureau

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      Community of Hope: A Look at Pathfinder International’s HoPE-LVB Project

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      The Health of People and Environment in the Lake Victoria Basin (HoPE-LVB) project uses an integrated Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) approach with island and coastal communities in Kenya and Uganda. The project, managed by Pathfinder International and local partners, works to ensure that community members can access voluntary family planning and reproductive health services while also managing their natural resources in a way that safeguards their future. This video highlights the project and its activities – including how they aligned their program design with several of the High Impact Practices (HIPs) in Family Planning such as Community Health Workers, Community Group Engagement, and Policy. The video includes beautiful photography and footage of the Lake Victoria Basin region and has excerpts of community members describing the HIPs being used in the project.

      Year: 2018

      Source: Population Reference Bureau

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        Learning Brief Number 1: Conservation and Family Planning: What Is the Value of Integrating Family Planning Into Conservation Projects?

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        Conservation organizations have integrated family planning into site-based conservation activities in selected countries for almost two decades yet lacked strong evidence of the approach’s value to conservation. The aim of this analysis was to identify evidence of linkages between family planning interventions and conservation outcomes in conservation field projects. The analysis examined a portfolio of eight projects across six countries that had: primary end goals of conservation, been involved for at least three years in bringing family planning to local communities, and substantial amounts of monitoring and evaluation. WWF staff conducted semi-structured interviews with field project managers about linkages between family planning interventions and conservation outcomes. WWF staff then solicited existing data from projects and synthesized evidence. Results indicate strong evidence for the earliest stages of several common assumption patterns, particularly in support of the assumption that family planning interventions implemented by conservation organizations lead to an increase in family planning use in the remote areas where these projects are implemented. Other linkages remained more tenuous.

        Abridged version of this resource.

        Year: 2011

        Source: World Wildlife Fund

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          Conservation and Family Planning: What Is the Value of Integrating Family Planning Into Conservation Projects?

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          Conservation organizations have integrated family planning into site-based conservation activities in selected countries for almost two decades yet lacked strong evidence of the approach’s value to conservation. The aim of this analysis was to identify evidence of linkages between family planning interventions and conservation outcomes in conservation field projects. The analysis examined a portfolio of eight projects across six countries that had: primary end goals of conservation, been involved for at least three years in bringing family planning to local communities, and substantial amounts of monitoring and evaluation. WWF staff conducted semistructured interviews with field project managers about linkages between family planning interventions and conservation outcomes. WWF staff then solicited existing data from projects and synthesized evidence. Results indicate strong evidence for the earliest stages of several common assumption patterns, particularly in support of the assumption that family planning interventions implemented by conservation organizations lead to an increase in family planning use in the remote areas where these projects are implemented. Other linkages remained more tenuous.

          Year: 2012

          Source: Population Association of America

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            HoPE-LVB: A PRB ENGAGE Presentation

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            The ENGAGE presentation, “HoPE-LVB,” aims to improve individuals’ understanding of the HoPE-LVB project (Health of People and the Environment in the Lake Victoria Basin) and the population, health, and environment (PHE) approach. This process includes mobilizing political commitment and resources to strengthen this and other PHE projects. The presentation is designed to promote policy dialogue on the relationship between population, health, and environment; and the challenges faced by communities in the Lake Victoria Basin. Target policy audiences include government policymakers, civic and religious leaders, health and environment sector leaders, program officials, advocates, journalists, and others.

            Year: 2013

            Source: Population Reference Bureau

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              Hope in the Basin

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              An overview video of the HoPE-LVB project, implemented by Pathfinder International in the Lake Victoria Basin region of Uganda and Kenya.

              Year: 2014

              Source: Pathfinder International

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                Health of People and Environment in the Lake Victoria Basin

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                Multimedia overview of the HoPE-LVB project, which was a PHE project implemented by Pathfinder International from 2011–2019 in the Lake Victoria basin region of Kenya and Uganda.

                Year: 2019

                Source: Pathfinder International

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                  Sustaining Health, Rights, & the Environment in the Lake Victoria Basin

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                  This publication explores experience from phase one (2011-2014) of the HoPE-LVB project, and offers considerations for implementing a scalable, integrated PHE project.

                  Year: 2015

                  Source: Pathfinder International

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                    Advocating for PHE Across All Levels of Government

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                    This HoPE-LVB advocacy documentary produced by DevCom consultants explains the steps taken to achieve project outcomes from local, sub-national, national, regional, and global advocacy.

                    Year: 2015

                    Source: Pathfinder International

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