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Resources on Integrated Population, Health, and Environment Approaches

By integrating family planning/reproductive health and primary healthcare with environmental sustainability, PHE projects help meet people s basic health needs so that they are able to prioritize their livelihoods as well as natural resource management.

January 9, 2017

Helping Young People Make the Case for Family Planning

At a workshop during the 2016 OP annual meeting in Abidjan, C te D Ivoire, PRB staff showed about 20 YAs a customizable, PowerPoint-based advocacy presentation they can use as a visual aid when they try to convince decisionmakers to enact and implement better FP policies for youth.

December 10, 2016

Family Planning, Environment, and Resilience in Western Tanzania

People living in poor remote communities often face multiple challenges; in many cases, these include access to health and family planning/reproductive services, sustainable sources of income, and the means to sustainably use natural resources. Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) projects appl…

December 8, 2016

Child Soldiers and Child Moms: A New Lens on Conflict and Childbearing

In 2016 more than 13 million girls will be born in sub-Saharan African countries where armed conflicts are taking place. New research suggests these girls will begin intentional childbearing at an earlier age than girls who are not born into conflict. Harvard University researchers Jocelyn Finlay Je…

June 24, 2016

Demystifying Resilience to Build Evidence

In early February 2016, Population Reference Bureau (PRB) staff traveled to Arusha, Tanzania, to lead a workshop on integrated population-health-environment (PHE) projects, resilience, and climate change adaptation under the USAID-funded Evidence Project. PHE projects integrate activities related to…

March 16, 2016

Thoughts From ICFP 2016 on the SDGs

While attending the fourth International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) this week, my colleagues and I joke that we should play ICFP Bingo. Several terms are referenced so frequently that you can predict you ll hear them in nearly every session and plenary. Sitting at the top of the list are t…

January 14, 2016