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  • New Network Links Madagascar’s Environment and Health Sectors

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    Guest Contributor  //  October 7, 2014  //  By Laura Robson
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    As the international community seeks to articulate a collective vision for sustainable development following the Millennium Development Goals, a vibrant new network has emerged in Madagascar to advance integrated population, health and environment (PHE) initiatives across this island nation.

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  • After Cyclone Haruna, Blue Ventures Leverages Its PHE Program for Disaster Response in Madagascar

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    Beat on the Ground  //  Guest Contributor  //  March 28, 2013  //  By Laura Robson

    ‘Toward Resilience’ is a series on the meaning of global resilience and vulnerability today.

    Balbine is moving through her coastal village of Andavadoaka with a sense of urgency. Normally she works as a community-based distributor for Blue Ventures’ integrated population, health, and environment (PHE) program in southwest Madagascar, providing health information and products to her community. However, since Cyclone Haruna swept through the region several weeks ago, Balbine has been especially busy distributing diarrhea treatment kits to mothers caring for sick infants, providing families sleeping out in the open with mosquito nets to protect against malaria, setting up water filtering stations, and emphasizing the importance good hygiene practices.

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