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Family Planning High Impact Practices Can Improve Outcomes for Population, Health, and Environment Programs

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Experts in the family planning sector have developed a set of evidence-based practices—known as Family Planning High Impact Practices (HIPs)—that improve family planning and reproductive health program outcomes. HIPs can also be applied in development programs that integrate multiple sectors at the community level, including family planning. This policy brief explores the promising opportunity that exists to expand the use of HIPs within population, health, and environment (PHE) projects.

Year: 2019

Source: Population Reference Bureau

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Lessons Learned From Hen Mpoano’s Population, Health, and Environment Project in Ghana’s Western Region

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Gender and health experts from Hen Mpoano participate in a webinar discussion of their population, health, and environment (PHE) activities in rural coastal communities in Ghana.

The webinar’s conversation focused on questions such as:

  • Which communication tools and collaborative approaches were most effective for delivering the Hen Mpoano project’s PHE outcomes?
  • To what extent did the project achieve its objectives and how is Hen Mpoano sustaining achievements beyond the project’s lifetime?
  • What additional lessons learned could other PHE projects and organizations interested in the approach take from this experience?

Year: 2020

Source: Population Reference Bureau

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The Impact of Population, Health, and Environment Projects: A Synthesis of the Evidence

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This working paper by the Evidence Project synthesizes the available research from the latest generation of population, health, and environment (PHE) projects, providing a detailed account of the benefits of integrated projects and gaps in the evidence base.

Year: 2015

Source: Population Reference Bureau

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Family Planning & the Path to Resilience

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In many developing countries, extreme weather events tied to climate change are increasingly threatening people’s property, livelihoods, and lives. Policymakers seek strategies to help people build resilience to these environmental shocks, which can exacerbate crises caused by poverty and poor health. This interactive infographic, shared via the web and social media, explains the concept of resilience in simple terms, highlighting the policy interventions that help families become more resilient to a crisis. Framing resilience as the integration of health and nutrition, education, and economic stability, the infographic outlines clear policy changes that decisionmakers across sectors can implement.

Year: 2015

Source: Population Reference Bureau

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Population, Health, Environment, and Development Activity Map

This map identifies field-based projects around the world relating to population, health, environment, and/or development, as well as funders and organizations focused on relevant policy and advocacy research and learning. The map allows users to see what is being accomplished in the growing population, health, environment, and development field and learn about key players.

Year: 2019

Source: Population Reference Bureau

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Building Resilience Through Family Planning: A Transformative Approach for Women, Families, and Communities

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This policy brief explores the connections between women, their access to family planning, population, and resilience, and makes the case that investments that aim to improve women’s access to rights-based voluntary family planning are critical to building resilience. This brief aims to help health, climate change, and development practitioners who focus on resilience better understand and communicate these connections in order to embrace and promote family planning as a local, national, and global development priority.

Year: 2015

Source: Population Reference Bureau

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Regional Efforts Towards Institutionalization of PHE

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As part of the Short Course on Integrated PHE Programs, Regional PHE Program Coordinator Dr. Doreen Othero presents interlinked PHE challenges and reports on East African Community (EAC) regional efforts in institutionalizing the PHE approach with a view to mitigating the challenges.

Year: 2017

Source: East African Community | Lake Victoria Basin Commission

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Short Course on Integrated Population-Health-Environment (PHE) Programs for a Sustainable Eastern and Southern Africa

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A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was entered into between Pathfinder International and Population Studies and Research Institute, University of Nairobi to facilitate collaboration in enhancing knowledge and skills to develop and implement policies and evaluate integrated population-health-environment projects or other integrated development projects aimed at sustainable development, in Population Health and Environment (PHE). The goal of this short course training was to equip participants with skills to develop and implement policies and evaluate integrated population-health-environment projects or other integrated development projects aimed at sustainable development, in PHE. The report provides an overview of the training held January 23–February 1, 2017 in Kisumu, Kenya.

Year: 2017

Source: Pathfinder International

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Rationale of Integrating “E” in P & H

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An overview of Tuungane, a collaborative project in Tanzania implemented by Pathfinder International and The Nature Conservancy. It is addressing the connections between people, their health, and the environment in the Greater Mahale Ecosystem (GME) – part of Lake Tanganyika Basin.

Year: 2017

Source: The Nature Conservancy

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Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) eLearning Course

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The Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) approach to community development aims to simultaneously improve access and equity to primary health care services, particularly family planning and reproductive health, while also helping communities conserve biodiversity, manage natural resources, and develop sustainable livelihoods. This course will introduce learners to the fundamentals of the PHE approach including PHE relationships, the benefits of integration, program considerations, the PHE policy and advocacy landscape, and how the PHE approach can contribute to global development priorities, such as the Sustainable Development Goals and Family Planning 2020 in an efficient and effective way.

Year: 2016

Source: Global Health eLearning Center

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