Issue 20: Helping Hands: A Livelihood Approach to Population, Health, and Environment Programs
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Environmental Change and Security Program
Proponents of integrated development face significant barriers, but the tide may be turning. To fully harness this momentum, Gib Clarke argues that the population-health-environment (PHE) community must solidify its research base, reach out to new partners, and push for flexible funding and programming. In addition, he writes that PHE programs should add livelihoods as a critical element, and consider adopting a new moniker, "HELP": Health, Environment, Livelihoods, and Population.
Author
Gib Clarke
Interfaith Community Health Center
Environmental Change and Security Program
The Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) explores the connections between environmental change, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy. Read more