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Population, Health and Environment (PHE) - What's New?

Population, Health and Environment (PHE) Updates

Below are links to upcoming or recent or upcoming Events/Conferences and Publications/Articles.

Events/Conferences

  • June 7-12 - African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN - The African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) is a permanent forum where African ministers of the environment discuss mainly matters of relevance to the environment of the continent.

  • June 2008 - PHE Ethiopia - Consortium for Integration of Population, Health and Environment PHE Ethiopia(CIPHE) - CIPHE was launched on May 30-31, 2008 in Ambo, Ethiopia.

  • June 2008 - PHE Ethiopia Website - The website was recently launched and contains information on PHE Ethiopia members and information resources.

  • May 2008 - PRB Philippines Conference - The Philippines PHE Network convened the Third National Population, Health, and Environment Conference from March 5-7 in Tagaytay City, Philippines. The conference, funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and other partners, brought together more than 300 practitioners, policymakers, advocates, researchers, and journalists from across the Philippines and five continents.

  • April 2008: New Listserv Connects Population-Health-Environment Practitioners, Policymakers - The PHE Policy & Practice Listserv is a new forum for sharing news, best practices, lessons learned, and policy developments with the international population-health-environment (PHE) community. Membership is open to anyone working on PHE issues around the world, including field practitioners, policymakers, advocates, and researchers.

  • Population, Health, and Environment Basics: E-Learning Course. Via the Global Health Learning website (Therre is no charge for the course, registration is required). Do you know why population, environment, and development are inextricably linked? In this course you will explore the ways in which population, health, and the environment interact in people's lives. You will have the opportunity to gain an insider's view of 1) the basics of integrated PHE programming, 2) successful PHE programs from around the world, and 3) tools and resources that can help you develop integrated programs.Philippines-Youth monitoring coral reefs

Publications/Articles

  • Toth, C. 2008. Madagascar: Improving Lives through CARE's Sexual and Reproductive Health Program (pdf, 519KB). In eastern Madagascar, CARE’s Extra Mile Initiative (EMI) has worked to ensure exactly that: education and services in family planning in six remote communes that border important conservation zones, where ecological resources are under pressure from a growing population.

  • Pielemeier, J., L. Hunter and R. Layng. 2007. Assessment of USAID's Population and Environment Projects and Programming Options (pdf, 1.6MB). Washington DC: USAID. Limited Internal Distribution.

  • D'Agnes L. and C. Margoluis. 2007. Integrating Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) Projects: A Programming Manual (pdf, 1.8MB). Washington DC: USAID. Acchieving environmentally-sustainable development in situations of surging population growth, declining biodiversity, and chronic poverty requires strategic planning, multi-disciplinary interventions and crosssector linked approaches that mirror the livelihood strategies of poor households and communities. This manual was designed with such a need in mind using evidence from programs in Madagascar, the Philippines, and other countries where integrated approaches to development have been explored and brought to scale over the past decade.

  • Finn, T. 2007. A Guide for Monitoring and Evaluating Population-Health-Environment Programs (pdf-full-text). MEASURE Evaluation/USAID: Chapel Hill, NC. The overall objective of this guide is to encourage program monitoring and evaluation and improve the quality of work in the population-healthenvironment area. To this end, the guide provides a comprehensive listing of the most widely used M&E indicators for population-health-environment programs in developing countries

  • Oglethorpe J and Gelman N. 2007. HIV/AIDS and the Environment, Impacts of AIDS and Ways to Reduce Them (pdf, full-text). Washington DC: World Wildlife Fund.
    The conservation community cannot rely solely on the health sector for solutions to HIV/AIDS: it needs to engage actively with partners in a multisectoral approach to reduce impacts.

  • Fricas J and Martz T. 2007. The Impact of Climate Change on Water, Sanitation and Diarrheal Diseases in Latin America. Washington DC: Population Reference Bureau.
    Although 16 of the 33 countries in the LAC region are on track to meet the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for sanitation and clean water, countries in LAC still need to extend water and sanitation access to an additional 6.1 million and 8.4 million people, respectively, to fully meet the MDG targets. The impact of climatologic fluctuations on water quality and supply must be examined to ensure continued reduction in diarrheal diseases.

  • Oglethorpe J, Ericson J, et al. People on the Move: Reducing the Impact of Human Migration on Diversity. Washington DC: World Wildlife Fund, 2007. World Wildlife Fund and Conservation International explored the scope of migration's negative impacts on nature and investigated possible solutions.