Population & Environment

Population, health and environment (PHE) refers to the linkage, within a community or group of communities, of services that combine aspects of natural resource conservation or similar environmental work with the provision of reproductive health services, always including but not limited to family planning

PAI believes that family planning and natural resource conservation remain an especially catalytic combination that can bring communities quickly closer to broad-based economic development, improved health and environmental sustainability. At a minimum, PAI will continue to urge that reproductive health always be included among the components in any integrated development projects in developing countries. Reproductive health services should be as comprehensive as feasible, presenting as few barriers as possible to all who seek to use them. And they should always include a variety of choices of contraceptive methods to meet the needs and wishes of women, men and young people.

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