The International People’s Health University (IPHU) aims to contribute to ‘health for all’ by strengthening people’s health movements around the globe, by organizing and resourcing learning, sharing, and planning opportunities for people’s health activists, particularly from Third World countries who are working for a healthy, fair, convivial and sustainable world. IPHU is a program of the People’s Health Movement (PHM), globally. IPHU is particularly committed to strengthening PHM as an organization and as a network of organizations and activists.

IPHU is committed to supporting research into the pathways to better health, including health system development and addressing the structural determinant of health. IPHU sees primary health care as a critical strategy for improving health care, addressing the social determinants; in partnership with the communities whose health is at stake.

IPHU is conducting teaching and research, particularly in Third World countries in relation to PHC, health systems strengthening and the political and economic determinants of health at the national, regional, and global levels.

The IPHU is in partnership with local universities and popular health movements to provide short courses and other opportunities and resources in many different locations in many different countries. Finally, IPHU is developing a range of resources through which health activists can learn, share, research and reflect upon the challenges of ‘health for all’.