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Integrating Population, Health, and Environment in Kenya

The University of Nairobi and the National Coordinating Agency for Population and Development assessed the “state of integration” in Kenya. Findings confirm that these integrated approaches require more planning, coordination, and communication, but still can yield substantial results in the community and environment, including reduced dependence on forest resources, increased food security, cleaner drinking water, and greater access to health services.

Integrating Population, Health, and Environment in Ethiopia

April 2, 2021/in English Brief Population Reference Bureau Ethiopia Conservation, Economic Development, Environment, Institutionalization, Integration, Population/by Sean Stewart

The Population Reference Bureau coordinated a comparative study of population, health, and environment (PHE) integration and cross-sectoral collaboration in East Africa. This paper highlights and explains several opportunities and entry points for pursuing a more holistic way to address the complex interactions between humans, their health, and the environment in Ethiopia.

Integrated Population, Health and Environment (PHE): More Than the Sum of Its Parts

April 2, 2021/in English Brief PAI Global Advocacy, Environment, Family Planning, Integration, Population/by Sean Stewart

This brief describes the reasoning behind population, health, and environment (PHE) projects, which aim to simultaneously improve access to health services and manage natural resources in ways that improve livelihoods and conserve critical ecosystems.

HOPE-LVB Model Households: Serving as Role Models and Teachers in Their Communities

March 31, 2021/in English Brief Pathfinder International Kenya, Uganda Advocacy, Conservation, Family Planning, Integration, Population/by Sean Stewart

Model households are a key aspect of Health of People and Environment in the Lake Victoria Basin (HoPE-LVB), an integrated Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) project with sites in Kenya and Uganda.

HOPE-LVB Gender Equality: At the Center of Health, Rights, and Sustainability

March 31, 2021/in English Brief Pathfinder International Kenya, Uganda Conservation, Gender, Integration, Maternal and Child Health, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights/by Sean Stewart

The Health of People and the Environment in the Lake Victoria Basin (HoPE-LVB) project works to promote gender equality by implementing a range of activities, including training women’s and young mother’s groups on integrated health and conservation practices and conducting community dialogue sessions surrounding the intersection between gender, sexual and reproductive health, and the environment to bridge gender divides and encourage input and support from all community members.

HOPE-LVB Energy Efficient Stoves: Showing Promise for the Health of Women and the Environment in the Lake Victoria Basin

March 31, 2021/in English Brief Pathfinder International Uganda Integration, Women's Empowerment/by Sean Stewart

This brief describes how the energy-efficient stove campaign exemplifies the power of this integration and the HoPE-LVB project.

HOPE-LVB Beach Management Units: Bringing Fishing and Planning for Families Together in the Basin

March 31, 2021/in English Brief Pathfinder International Kenya, Uganda Community Outreach, Conservation, Integration/by Sean Stewart

This brief discusses how HoPE-LVB builds the capacity of Beach Management Units (BMUs) to take collective responsibility to actively protect and restore fish stocks, their habitat, and the entire ecosystem they depend on.

HOPE-LVB Advocacy: Building Support for the Integrated Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) Approach

March 30, 2021/in English Brief Pathfinder International Kenya, Uganda Advocacy/by Sean Stewart

This brief discusses the importance of advocacy at multiple scales to build policymaker support for the Health of People and the Environment in the Lake Victoria Basin (HoPE-LVB) project. Staff and partners have engaged key district, national, and regional health and environment officials in Kenya and Uganda.

Family Planning Promotes the Demographic Dividend

March 24, 2021/in English Brief Aspen Institute Global Economic Development, Family Planning, Institutionalization, Population/by Sean Stewart

The brief expains how, during a population’s transition from high mortality and fertility rates to longer life expectancies and smaller family sizes, there are potentially significant economic benefits.

Family Planning Integration with Food Security and Nutrition

March 24, 2021/in English Brief FHI 360 Global Family Planning, Food Security, Integration, Nutrition/by Sean Stewart

This brief summarizes the findings from a desk review conducted by the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance III Project (FANTA) to take stock of and better understand how food security and nutrition programs are integrating family planning.