Archive for: Madagascar


As part of JSI’s Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) Integration Activity, policymakers and program implementers learned how community members perceive and participate in community-based health services. JSI, in collaboration with a local NGO Ny Tanintsika, used the partnership model to introduce communities to high impact approaches that can support income generation activities to reduce human pressure on the forest corridor and water. This video provides beautiful footage and scenery of the forest corridor of Fandriana Vondrozo in Madagascar and the interviews and perspectives from the community members in the village of Ambilo. The video is in Malagasy with English subtitles.

Year: 2019

Source: John Snow Inc (JSI)

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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.

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    Year: 2011

    Source: World Wildlife Fund

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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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        A national webinar conducted by Madagascar PHE Network, including presentations from the following organizations: Ny Tanintsika, Blue Ventures, and Wildlife Conservation Society.

        Year: 2020

        Source: Madagascar PHE Network

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          The Madagascar PHE Network supports its members’ monitoring, evaluation, learning & research efforts to collate impact data, strengthen the evidence base for this holistic approach, deepen understanding of its added value and inform improvements to programming. This website feature provides key impact statistics as well as community testimonials from PHE sites across Madagascar.

          Source: Madagascar PHE Network

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            Madagascar’s national PHE network connects, inspires, and supports its members to develop collaborative initiatives that improve the health of both people and the environment. The PHE Network website includes resources, reports, and news relevant to network members as well as other stakeholders working in the field of PHE.

            Source: Madagascar PHE Network

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            Already reviewed by the Ministry of Public Health and currently in pilot mode, the posters will soon be available in several Malagasy dialects including Betsimisaraka, Vezo, Sakalava-Vezo, Sakalava-Antakarana, Betsileo and Tanala. They show what communities should do to protect themselves and others from this coronavirus, with more illustrations than text to optimise everyone’s understanding. The messages align with those already promoted by the World Health Organization in Madagascar, and complement existing government tools that have been designed for use in higher literacy urban settings.

            Year: 2020

            Source: Madagascar PHE Network

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              This technical guide, intended for NGO members of the Madagascar PHE Network, suggests a variety of community-based actions that can be taken according to the needs and capabilities of each organisation. Concise yet rich in content, the guide includes an overview of key information relating COVID-19 and the pandemic response strategies of the PHE network. Then it offers a selection of actions relevant to all organisations, followed by more in-depth actions and guiding principles for PHE implementers. Actions include cross-training staff to mobilise communities, supporting positive behaviour change and social norms around preventative practices, and strengthening local community structures while seeking to mitigate potential impacts on livelihoods and ecosystems. The guide concludes with an encouragement to NGO members to track all of their initiatives relating to COVID-19 so that the network can capture the value of a holistic PHE approach in responding to this pandemic and share best practices as they emerge.

              Year: 2020

              Source: Madagascar PHE Network

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                A video of the November 2019 Madagascar PHE Network showcase event to review five years of achievements since the Network’s creation. More than 100 people gathered at the Hotel Carlton Anosy in Antananarivo, Madagascar, including representatives from 40 health and environmental organisations plus local associations, communities, ministries, funders, embassies and the media. Key results, implementation experiences and lessons learned were shared through presentations, exhibition stands, posters, discussion panels and community testimonies.

                Year: 2019

                Source: Madagascar PHE Network

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                This news article on the Madagascar PHE Network website summarizes the November 2019 showcase event to review five years of achievements since the Network’s creation. More than 100 people gathered at the Hotel Carlton Anosy in Antananarivo, Madagascar, including representatives from 40 health and environmental organisations plus local associations, communities, ministries, funders, embassies and the media. Key results, implementation experiences and lessons learned were shared through presentations, exhibition stands, posters, discussion panels and community testimonies.

                Year: 2019

                Source: Madagascar PHE Network

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