Archive for: Tanzania

Monitoring & Evaluation

Resilience

March 18, 2021/by Sean Stewart

Assessment of Health Facilities and Health-Seeking Behavior in the Greater Mahale Valley: The Tuungane Project

English Brief Tuungane Project Tanzania Integration, Project Design

Since the beginning of 2011, Pathfinder International has been working together with The Nature Conservancy and the Frankfurt Zoological Society to design and implement a project that reduces pressures on the diverse and fragile Greater Mahale Ecosystem in western Tanzania adjacent to Lake Tanganyika. This brief describes a rapid needs assessment of the health facilities conducted in March 2011 and summarizes information gathered through focus groups.

Year: 2011

Source: Tuungane Project

English Report Coastal Resources Center Tanzania Coastal, Community Outreach, Conservation, Family Planning, Integration, Monitoring & Evaluation, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Project Design

March 9, 2021/by Sean Stewart

Analyzing Changes in Population, Health and Environment Perceptions and Behaviors in the Saandani National Park, Tanzania

This report shows the results of a Behavior Monitoring Survey conducted in 2012 in the communities around Saadani National Park (SANAPA) in Tanzania and a comparison with the results with those of a similar survey done three years earlier. In 2009, the BALANCED Project started working in the SANAPA area through an ongoing integrated coastal management initiative to develop and deliver integrated PHE messages through peer educators and community-based distributers of family planning commodities. In 2012, the BALANCED team conducted a follow-up survey to assess the changes in behaviors and attitudes resulting from the four years of BALANCED Project interventions. A comparison of results from the 2009 and 2012 surveys shows that the population, socioeconomic, health, and environmental conditions of those living around SANAPA have remained relatively stable between 2009 and 2012. It points as well to increased awareness of family planning and reproductive health FP/RH in the target areas, increased support amongst men for FP/RH, and increased support (by both males and females) for conservation activities.

Year: 2013

Source: The BALANCED Project

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Monitoring & Evaluation

March 9, 2021/by Sean Stewart

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

English Story Collection Lake Victoria Basin Commission Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda Advocacy, Implementation, Integration, Project Design

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

English Fact Sheet Population Reference Bureau Tanzania Family Planning, Maternal and Child Health, Resilience

February 26, 2021/by Sean Stewart

New Research Links Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health to Boosting Resilience

New research indicates that voluntary family planning and use of maternal and child health facilities is positively associated with resilience. Resilience has a range of definitions and operates at different scales. It is generally understood as the ability of an individual, household, community, or system to cope with shocks by responding in ways that maintain their essential functions while expanding their capacity to adapt to change. This fact sheet discusses the findings of a study that aimed to determine the factors associated with resilience with the goal of understanding how to build resilience among people in ecologically rich rural regions who rely on natural resources for their livelihoods. The research provides quantitative and qualitative evidence that the association between voluntary family planning and maternal and child health and resilience is robust across a range of factors and broadly related to the construct of resilience.

Year: 2019

Source: Population Reference Bureau

Maternal and Child Health

Resilience

February 26, 2021/by Sean Stewart

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

English Brief World Wildlife Fund Kenya, Madagascar, Mexico, Philippines, Tanzania, Uganda Conservation, Family Planning, Integration

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

Conservation

February 25, 2021/by Sean Stewart

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

English Report Population Association of America, World Wildlife Fund Kenya, Madagascar, Mexico, Philippines, Tanzania, Uganda Conservation, Family Planning, Integration

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

Conservation

English, Kiswahili Video Northern Tanzania Rangelands Initiative Tanzania Advocacy, Community Outreach

February 25, 2021/by Sean Stewart

Long’ida’s Family

A video highlighting changes one Tanzanian family has made to address challenges of water availability, health, and dry season grazing.

Year: 2019

Source: Northern Tanzania Rangelands Initiative

Advocacy

Community Outreach

February 23, 2021/by Sean Stewart

Let’s Unite: The Promise of Tuungane

English Video Tuungane Project Tanzania Advocacy, Integration

An overview video of the Tuungane project, a partnership between The Nature Conservancy, Pathfinder International, and conservation organization Frankfurt Zoological Society, to improve the health of both people and nature on Lake Tanganyika’s Tanzanian shore.

Year: 2015

Source: Tuungane Project

Advocacy

February 23, 2021/by Sean Stewart

Changes in Household Well-Being and Resilience: 2011-2016

English Report Tuungane Project Tanzania Family Planning, Integration, Monitoring & Evaluation, Resilience

This document details the results of a household follow-on survey and outcome assessment for the Tuungane (‘let’s unite’ in Kiswahili) project, which is working near Mahale Mountains National Park in Uvinza District of Tanzania’s Kigoma Region. The survey was implemented in August 2016. Tuungane is a project that simultaneously addresses population, health and environmental issues. This type of project is known globally as a ‘PHE project’.

Year: 2017

Source: Tuungane Project