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Population, Health and Environment at Community Level in Madagascar

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The USAID Population, Health and Environment (PHE) Integration Activity in Madagascar (2017-2019) was led by JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. under the USAID Advancing Partners & Communities (APC) Project and USAID’s Community Capacity for Health Program. The PHE Integration Activity in Madagascar had the objective of studying, documenting, and promoting the effective integration of PHE activities with the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, the Ministry of Public Health, and the Ministry of Population, Social Protection and Promotion of Women, and other stakeholders in Madagascar. The PHE Integration Activity ended in 2019, however the USAID Community Capacity for Health Program in Madagascar continued family planning, child health and monitoring and evaluation work in the same geographic areas.

The USAID Community Capacity for Health Program—known in Madagascar as Mahefa Miaraka—was a five-year (2016–2021) community-based integrated health program funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The Program was a collaborative effort among the Ministry of Public Health, USAID, and JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. Mahefa Miaraka provided tools and capacity-building training to approximately 10,000 community health volunteers who provided basic maternal health, child health, and family planning services to their local communities.

Year: 2021

Source: John Snow, Inc.

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Integrating Human and Animal Health for Conservation and Development: Findings From a Program Evaluation in Southwest Uganda

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This report documents the process through which a Ugandan conservation organization, Conservation through Public Health (CTPH), successfully integrated interventions traditionally seen as from different “domains” or “sectors” for the dual purposes of (1) reducing threats to mountain gorillas and their habitat and (2) improving the well-being of local communities directly dependent upon the health of the former (for ecotourism and natural resource use). CTPH received guidance from JSI in integrating family planning (FP) services to a quality standard, and increasing awareness of and demand for services among rural communities. This report describes activities undertaken between Oct 2006 and December 2008 and key results. It ends with an assessment of the potential for replication to increase coverage around this important Ugandan and World Heritage conservation area. Also presented are some lessons learned applicable to other initiatives aimed at extending access to FP around remote, biodiversity-priority areas and conserving the world’s biological richness.

Year: 2010

Source: John Snow, Inc. | Conservation Through Public Health | Evaluation and Research Technologies for Health

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    How Madagascar’s Biodiversity Influenced My Career in Public Health

    This blog post is based on a talk given by Dr. Yvette Ribaira at a PHE event at the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) in Rwanda in November, 2018. She recounts her experiences in Madagascar that inspired her to get involved with PHE work.

    Year: 2018

    Source: John Snow, Inc.

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      Best Practices in Scaling Up Madagascar: Scaling Up Across Sectors: The Growth of the Population-Health-Environment Program

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      This case study, produced as part of JSI’s Best Practices in Scaling Up series, describes the collaboration of population, health, and environmental (PHE) interventions to strengthen development efforts in Madagascar. In the early 2000s, JSI collaborated with various partners to apply PHE initiatives to address inhabitants’ limited access to health care, family planning services, and agricultural extension services. The PHE program noticeably improved key health indicators and land-use practices during its span, and served as a model for other programs seeking to link health and environmental initiatives.

      Year: 2008

      Source: John Snow, Inc.

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        Working Together: Population, Health, and Environment in Madagascar

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        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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