The Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) East Africa Network was launched on November 16, 2007, at the Integrated Development for East Africa conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
In addition to the conference, a PHE Ethiopia website was recently launched which contains information on PHE Ethiopia members and information resources.
The Population Reference Bureau was the lead organizer of the conference and also the facilitating organization for a coalition building workshop. The conference brought together field practitioners, policymakers, researchers, the media, community leaders, and advocates from Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and other countries around the world for presentations and discussions on population, health, and environment initiatives, and to explore strategies and opportunities for advancing population-health-environment integration in East Africa.
- Links to the conference presentations.
USAID supported a two-day workshop on coalition building, which served as a foundation for the Network. The workshop was attended by 38 people from six countries including planners, NGO representatives, researchers, and other key stakeholders from Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
They also participated in the subsequent Network launch, which took place on the last day of the conference. Representatives from Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo joined together to develop a strategic plan that will guide the PHE Network’s actions for the coming year. Kenya’s National Coordinating Agency for Population and Development (NCAPD) was selected to house the Network secretariat, directing activities for the first year.
The East Africa PHE Network will:
- Serve as a communication mechanism for sharing lessons learned and best practices in integrated program design and implementation
- Enhance communication among different stakeholders (researchers, development planners, and program managers) working to achieve PHE objectives in East Africa
- Increase stakeholder knowledge and interest in PHE linkages at the national and regional levels
- Disseminate PHE research and data
Conference Presentations by Thene (Additional presentations will be added as soon as possible)
New Additions – April 29, 2009
- Population, health and the environment. L. Gaffikin. (pdf, 2.71mb)
- Financing research for environment and livelihoods security: potentials, challenges and experiences from Lake Victoria Research Initiative. C.S. Sokile and Z.A. Ogutu. (pdf, 1.22MB)
- NGO roles in PHE: experience of Madagascar. Y. Ribaira. (pdf, 1.97MB)
- Sustainability issue: policy and program levels – case of the Jane Goodall Institue/Tanzania (pdf, 1.51MB)
- Integrated Approaches to Wildlife and Forest Conservation
- Uganda: anti-malarial medicinal plant utilisation and local conservation initiatives. P. Ssegawa, Makere University. (pdf, 172KB)
- Biodiversity and Human Health
- Uganda: the effect of industrial chemicals on biodiversity and human health: a case study of DDT in Kanungi district. E. Muyambi, PROBICOU. (pdf, 536KB-Powerpoint presentation)
- Uganda: the effect of industrial chemicals on biodiversity and human health: a case study of DDT in Kanungi district. E. Muyambi, PROBICOU. (pdf, 173KB)-Conference Paper)
- Role of Gender in PHE Programs
- Livelihood Alternatives and Microfinance in PHE Programs
- IWRM, agriculture and livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa. M. Loulseged and M. McCartney, IWMI. (pdf, 1.21MB)
- IWRM, agriculture and livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa. M. Loulseged and M. McCartney, IWMI. (pdf, 1.21MB)
- Water and Sanitation
- Ethiopia: safe sanitation for humans and the envionment-human excreta, household and garden refuse. A. Terrefe and G. Edstrom. (pdf, 1.16MB)
- Ethiopia: Wichi Integrated Wetland-Watershed Management Project. S. Deribe, EWNRA. (pdf, 1.36MB)
- Increasing access to safe drinking water. T. Hunde, WaterAid. (pdf, 204KB)
- HIV/AIDS and Its Impact on the Environment
- PHE and Security (food security, conflicts over resources, vulnerability to natural disasters)
- Population pressure and agricultural production in the Nile Basin, 2005-2030. WT Jenbere, FAO. (pdf, 205KB)
- Population pressure and agricultural production in the Nile Basin, 2005-2030. WT Jenbere, FAO. (pdf, 205KB)
- Other PHE Topics
- The black box of behaviour change: using marketing to promote PHE. D. Crapper, PSI. (pdf,)
- Commonalities, conditions and characteristics of PHE projects. C. Margoluis and L. D’Agnes. (pdf 1.28MB)
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