Title of the Initiative (project/programme): Mainstreaming Health-Environment initiatives into coastal communities
Project Overview:
Start date: 2007
End date:
Countries covered: Madagascar, Comoros, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya
Donor(s): USAID, MacArthur Foundation, The Rufford Foundation, Ernest Kleinwort
Charitable Trust, Vitol Foundation, Segal Family Foundation
Principal Investigator: Blue Ventures
Website: https://blueventures.org/conservation/community-health/
Aim/Objectives:
Poor health can restrict the ability of communities to engage in marine resource management
and is often a pressing priority that communities would like to address. Blue Ventures is
collaborating with respected health partners to increase access to services and develop health
promotion initiatives tailored to meet the needs expressed by coastal communities across a
variety of different contexts.
Key activities:
Main outputs:
The health-environment approach enables people to make their own family planning choices,
improving their health while equipping them with the skills they need to manage their natural
resources sustainably
Partners involved: Marie Stopes International, USAID Mikolo, PSI,