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Events/Conferences
Launching of new PHE Alliance (pdf) - October 8, 2008 Alliance Partners: U.S. Agency for International Development ; Johnson & Johnson. Implementing Partner: World Wildlife Fund
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.
Publications/Articles
Population-Health-Environment Policy and Practice Group. 2008. Human Population Growth and Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (pdf, 739KB)
Population Reference Bureau. 2008. Population, Health, and Environment Issues in the Philippines: A Profile of Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
Population Reference Bureau. 2008. Population, Health, and Environment Issues in the Philippines: A Profile of Calabarzon Region.
Woldu, Z. 2008. The Population, Health and Environment Nexus: the Need for Integration and Networking. (pdf, 268KB)
WHO. 2008. Health and Environment: Managing the Linkages for Sustainable Development - A Tool Kit for Decision Makers. (pdf 2.33MB) - This report introduces a “tool-kit” to support integration of environment and health considerations into decision-making.
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, 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.