Population, Health, and Environment: Lessons from E. Africa

Population-health-environment (PHE) programs take a variety of forms, with some including only these three elements, and others addressing additional development components such as livelihoods, gender issues, and even conflict. The flexibility that allows PHE programs to meet communities’ needs so effectively is perhaps nowhere more evident than in East Africa.

Last year, an East Africa PHE Network was formed as a way to connect programs and organizations from Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, and Ethiopia. Though these programs focus on different PHE elements, and do not necessarily refer to their programs as “PHE” programs, the new network will work to improve common concerns such as program design and implementation, scaling up, and monitoring and evaluation.

This event will feature the dynamic leaders of three of the programs within the East Africa PHE Network. Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is the Founder and CEO of Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH) in Uganda. Kuntai Karmushu is the coordinator of Health and Conservation Programs at the Il Ngwesi Group Ranch in the Laikipia District of Kenya. Emmanuel Mtiti is the program director of the Greater Gombe Ecosystem Program for the Jane Goodall Institute in Tanzania.

This meeting is the fifth event in ECSP’s year-long meeting series “PHE: Building the Foundation for the Next 10 Years," which takes a long-range, systematic look at PHE issues, case studies, research, and the future of the field. We look forward to having you join us for this and future events in the series.

Thursday, May 08, 2008 - 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the Woodrow Wilson Center, DC