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INTEGRATED
SURVEY INSTRUMENT FOR LINKING HEALTH, POPULATION, AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN
MADAGASCAR
EHP is supporting a four-year program in biologically diverse
systems in Madagascar, linking and integrating activities among
projects in health, population, and environment (H-P-E).
The design of the integrated H-P-E household survey instrument for
collecting baseline data in intervention and control communities has
been completed. The baseline survey (and follow-up surveys) aims to
evaluate the effectiveness of the multisectoral integrated approach.
The central hypothesis is that by integrating the environment (natural
resource management activities) with health and population activities,
programs will be more effective and sustainable.
The household survey covers three regions, and fieldwork is under
way through April. Funding for the survey was provided by EHP and Taya
Meva (Summit Foundation grant). The survey is implemented by Direction
de la D�mographie et des Statistiques Sociales/Institut National de
la Statistique, and results will be available by the end of May 2001.
For more information, contact Eckhard Kleinau ([email protected])
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NEPAL:
WORKSHOP ON COMMUNITY-BASED STRATEGY FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF MALARIA
AND KALA-AZAR
EHP/Nepal, with support from USAID/Nepal, organized a five-day
workshop that included personnel from the Ministry of Health;
representatives from nongovernmental organizations, USAID/G/PHN, and EHP/Washington;
and other partners to discuss and select a community-based intervention
strategy for the prevention and control of infectious diseases�in
particular, kala-azar (leishmaniasis) and malaria. Interventions will be
pilot-tested in two districts in Nepal in collaboration with
district-level Ministry of Health staff and village development
committees. This is the first initiative of its kind to be designed for
improved management and control of infectious diseases through a
primarily community-based approach.
For more information on the activity, please contact Lisa Nichols ([email protected])
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DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC: TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE HATO MAYOR PILOT PROJECT
USAID/Dominican Republic and the National Water Supply and Sewerage
Institute (INAPA) are working together and cofinancing a pilot project
to decentralize rural water supply and sanitation services in Hato
Mayor Province. The pilot project will develop and test strategies to
implement a decentralization strategy focusing on community
participation in the construction of rural water supply and sanitation
systems through the application of the Total Community Participation
(TCP) model. Based on lessons learned, the pilot strategy will be scaled
up to the national level.
The rural water supply implementation unit (Acuenductos Rurales [AR])
of INAPA will serve as a normative body working in collaboration with
nongovernmental organizations and other contracted entities. USAID,
through EHP, will assist INAPA in developing the capacity within AR to
carry out its new role as the normative body to implement INAPA�s
strategy of decentralization of rural water supply and sanitation
systems nationwide.
For information on the activity, please contact Eddy Perez ([email protected])
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INTERNATIONAL
CONSULTATION ON INDOOR AIR POLLUTION�UPDATE
Last year, EHP served as the secretariat for the Indoor Air Pollution
Conference, which was sponsored by USAID and the World Health
Organization. In attendance were approximately 50 international
participants, including representatives from donor agencies and
development organizations, as well as academics and researchers.
The conference had four major objectives:
- To promote a dialogue on health impacts of indoor air pollution
and household energy use, interventions to reduce exposure, and
policies and strategies that contribute to sustainable economic and
social development
- To identify priority research and policy initiatives for effective
interventions
- To recommend an agenda for action
- To identify the next steps needed to introduce and coordinate the
action agenda
Five background papers were presented at the conference. Two have
been published as journal articles. Links to the two papers are now
available at: http://www.ehproject.org/Library/WebliographyEH.htm
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PROVIDING
SUPPORT TO THE SYSTEM-WIDE INITIATIVE ON MALARIA AND AGRICULTURE
CONFERENCE IN NAIROBI, KENYA
Some agriculture practices and systems (e.g., crop selection and
design of irrigation systems) may contribute significantly to malaria
transmission. Last year, EHP supported a discussion on linkages between
malaria and agriculture at the annual meeting of the Consultative Group
on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). This session was
organized in collaboration with the USAID Office of Agriculture, Food
Security, and Economic Development (AFSED) and the Canadian International
Development Research Centre (IDRC). Following the meeting, the CGIAR
established the System-wide Initiative on Malaria and Agriculture (SIMA)
to improve understanding of the linkages between malaria and
agriculture.
In May 2001, EHP cosponsored the first conference for SIMA in
Nairobi, Kenya. Participants included representatives from six countries
in East and Southern Africa, as well as representatives from several
CGIAR centers, AFSED, and IDRC. Participants discussed the objectives,
scope, and organization of SIMA and developed a clear set of themes that
will be used to guide and define specific research projects.
One of EHP�s objectives is to demonstrate the effectiveness of
integrated vector management (IVM) programs. Changing agriculture
practices and systems in ways that reduce malaria transmission could be
an important part of IVM. EHP may provide financial support for one or
more SIMA research projects that are within the scope of IVM. SIMA is
also planning other conferences in West and Central Africa, Latin
America, and Asia.
For more information, please contact Gene Brantly ([email protected])
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What's
New on Other Pages
A. Key
Messages
(a new page that states EHP's
key messages)
B. Info Services
Webliography—Papers
from the International Consultation on
Indoor Air Pollution
Environmental Health
Updates:
- June 8 (Acta Tropica April
2001; PubMed; State of the World's Cities 2001; IRC Website on
Community Water Supply Management; etc.
- May 25 (Malaria as a
Re-emerging Disease)
- May 16 (PubMed; Netmark
Africa; Arsenic in Drinking Water; etc.)
- May 4 (Journal of Health,
Population and Nutrition March 2001; Impacts of health-care wastes;
etc.)
Malaria Bulletins:
C. Linked Sites:
D. Meeting
Alert
- 11th Stockholm Water
Symposium, August 13-16, 2001
- 27th WEDC Conference,
Zambia, August 20-24, 2001
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Previous
Issues of "What's New?"
The main topics or countries
discussed are given in parentheses.
May 2001
(Dominican Republic, SIMA Conference, Nairobi, Madagascar, Mozambique,
Nepal)
March
2001 (Nicaragua, Madagascar, Africa, DDT cost comparison)
January
2001 at EHP (EHP
Activities, E-Newsletter, National Malaria Control Programs in 4 African
Countries, Congo, Decentralization in Latin America, Peru, WSSCC Forum,
Global WS&S Assessment from WHO/UNICEF)
November
2000 at EHP (Nicaragua,
Dominican Republic, Madagascar, SANICONN)
September
2000 at EHP (Nepal/Regional,
EHP and E-conferences)
July
2000 at EHP
(Nicaragua, Malaria
Vaccine Development, "Water for the World")
May/June
2000 at EHP
(Nicaragua, International
Consultation on Indoor Air Pollution)
April 2000 at EHP (Nicaragua,
Madagascar, Mozambique)
March 2000 at EHP
(Benin, South Africa,
Eritrea, Madagascar)
February 2000 at EHP
(Nicaragua, Paraguay,
Ukraine, Mozambique and Eritrea)
January
2000 at EHP (Nicaragua,
EHP Lessons Learned)
Previous
Issues of "What's New?" by country
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Eritrea
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Madagascar
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Mozambique
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Nepal
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Nicaragua
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