According to WHO, Health Promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. It moves beyond a focus on individual behaviour towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions.

IPHDC provides a number of services aimed at health promotion of individuals and communities. These services include capacity building, policy formulation, advocacy initiatives and research.  Below is a list of these specific services that we offer:

  • Participatory approaches for research and health education;
  • Occupational Safety and Health (OSH);
  • WASH programming for schools and communities;
  • Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH);
  • Maternal and Child Health (MCH);
  • Nutritional assessments and management;
  • Mainstreaming HIV&AIDS in development programmes.

We also provide a number of training courses on public health promotion including:

  1. Public Health in Emergencies (PHiE) (Onsite/face-to-face; Online facilitated; Online Self-paced);
  2. Hygiene and Sanitation Promotion using PHAST, CLTS and CHAST approaches (HSP-1) (Onsite/face-to-face; Online facilitated; Online Self-paced);
  3. Hygiene and Sanitation Promotion for emergency contexts (HSP-2) (Onsite/face-to-face; Online facilitated; Online Self-paced);
  4. Sanitation Marketing for Sustainable ODF (Onsite/face-to-face; Online facilitated; Online Self-paced);
  5. Solid Waste Management (SWM) (Onsite/face-to-face; Online facilitated; Online Self-paced);
  6. Sustainable and Inclusive WASH in Schools (WinS) (Onsite/face-to-face; Online facilitated; Online Self-paced);
  7. Sustainable and Inclusive WASH in Communities (WinC) (Onsite/face-to-face; Online facilitated; Online Self-paced);
  8. Synergized WASH and Nutrition (WASHNut) programming (Onsite/face-to-face; Online facilitated; Online Self-paced);
  9. Nutrition in Emergencies (NiE) (Onsite/face-to-face; Online facilitated; Online Self-paced);
  10. Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM) (Onsite/face-to-face; Online facilitated; Online Self-paced);
  11. Social and Behaviour Change Communication for health promotion (SBCC) (Onsite/face-to-face; Online facilitated; Online Self-paced);
  12. Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) for Sustainable Health Programmes (Onsite/face-to-face; Online facilitated; Online Self-paced);
  13. Malaria prevention and Control (Onsite/face-to-face; Online facilitated; Online Self-paced);
  14. Water Safety Planning for Drinking Water Supply Systems (WSP) (Onsite/face-to-face; Online facilitated; Online Self-paced);
  15. Household Water Treatment methods (Onsite/face-to-face; Online facilitated; Online Self-paced);
  16. Water Quality Testing (Onsite/face-to-face; Online facilitated; Online Self-paced);
  17. Occupational Health and Safety (Onsite/face-to-face; Online facilitated; Online Self-paced);
  18. Integrated HIV prevention, care and treatment (Onsite/face-to-face; Online facilitated; Online Self-paced);
  19. HACCP Food Safety (Onsite/face-to-face; Online facilitated; Online Self-paced).