Applications open: International people's Health University course for East & South African region
The East and South Africa (ESA) region of PHM invites activists from the East and South Africa region to apply for a face-to-face International People's Health University (IPHU) course on “Health Systems Strengthening in the midst of Climate Change and Health Emergencies”. The course will be held from 15th - 18th December 2025 in Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHES), Lilongwe, Malawi. The IPHU will be followed by a one-day regional meeting in hybrid format that will include PHM 25th Anniversary Celebrations and a Global Health Watch 7 launch.
This IPHU aims to bring together 50 youth health and climate change activists in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) to explore how climate change, health emergencies, and financing are affecting health systems in ESA and what needs to be done to remedy the situation.
The East and South Africa region faces challenges of Widening Funding Gap, Dominance of Debt-Based Finance, Uneven Distribution, Limited Access to Multilateral Funds, Neo-colonial Economic Structures, Changing Funding Context, Sidelining of Health and Policy Disconnect, among others. The IPHU intends to come up with a regional climate and health emergencies action plan and develop a coordinated structure for effective coordination for Eastern and Southern Africa advocacy response to ensure Health for All Now! Is a reality. Please read our IPHU brief/curriculum outline here before applying or check the file attachment at the end of this post-https://drive.google.com/file/d/18aGwCQee4Snxz99j6lVpFol-orrb6iF1/view?usp=sharing
Resource people will include- Ravi Ram and Wilson Damien Asibu from PHM ESA, Dominic Nyasulu from Youth and Climate Change Network, Bridget Mugambe, Agriculture and Food Systems Africa, Muhammed Adow, Power Shift Africa, T Sundararaman from PHM Global, etc.
Deadline- Applications close on 25th October 2025
Please note that PHM’s Eastern and South Africa region includes Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, and Seychelles, and mainland countries such as Kenya, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Somalia, Malawi, Mozambique, Eritrea, Rwanda, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Zambia. For further queries related to IPHU please contact [email protected] or [email protected].
About the International People's Health University (IPHU). IPHU is PHM's main capacity-building program. Coloniality and the Struggle for Health will be organised around narratives of struggle, from the challenges we face in our local organisations to the regional and global challenges we face as the People's Health Movement.
