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 thematic trainings, advocacy initiatives and research.  Below is a list of these services:

  • 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.

The courses that we currently offer on public health promotion include: