International People's Health University

International People's Health University
People’s Health Movement Global Secretariat
C/O AHED, 17 Beirut St., Apt. #501
Heliopolis, Cairo,
Egypt

Tel: + 20 (0)2 225 656 13
Fax: + 20 (0)2 22 5656 12
Email: cairo@phmovement.org
Internet: http://phmovement.org/iphu/


Courses on this page:    The Struggle for Health
Equity and Health Rights
The Struggle for Health
Research Training in Comprehensive Primary Health Care

Course Title The Struggle for Health (in the Shadow of the Hegemon)
Institution Cairo: International People's Health University
Country Egypt
Type Certificate / Short Course (up to 3 months)
Topics Public/Global Health: Primary Health Care
Health Determinants: Social Determinants
Health Determinants: Human Rights and Violence
Health Determinants: Poverty
Language Spanish
Location National Medical University of Havana, Cuba
Objectives/
Content

The curriculum includes:

  • the struggle for health in Cuba and Latin America: challenges, strategy and practice, achievements and new directions;
  • ­ working with communities and with grass roots people’s organizations;
  • social determinants of health: poverty, oppression and hierarchy; alienation and exclusion; racism, sexism and materialism);
  • comprehensive primary health care: achievements, challenges, lessons and new directions; ­
  • the political economy of health: imperialism and globalisation, the international financial institutions and the UN system; local issues and global pressures;
  • health system strengthening; the politics of health policy;
  • the right to health: principles, achievements and new directions;
  • people’s health and the environmental struggle;
  • research: part of the problem and part of the solution.

Participants should come prepared:
* to describe in some detail an activist project or campaign or movement that they have been directly involved in; to describe in sufficient detail for the strategies, theories and skills of practice to be evident;
* to provide an overall assessment of the health challenges in their country and the status and prospects for PHM;
* to present an account of an episode of teaching and or learning that they have been involved in.

The program for all of the IPHU Short Courses is based on the People’s Charter for Health (PCH). We will explore the meaning of the PCH; analyse the challenges it presents and develop resources and strategies for the struggle for Health For All. Participants should ensure that they are very familar with the Charter.

Next Beginning 4 - 13 November 2009
Appl. Deadline 4 October 2009
No. of
Participants
50
Participants'
Profile
The IPHU short courses are to enable younger health activists to make new connections, share experiences and study together. They aim at strengthening the global network of people’s health activists.
Requirements

Applicants should have a university degree.

Methods he course will involve: pre-reading; lectures, small group discussions, debates, workshops and follow up study. Resource materials will take the form of hard copy readings, lecture notes and websites.
Cooperation The International People’s Health University (IPHU) and People’s Health Movement (PHM) in association with the Medical University of Cuba, the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the University of Cuenca (Ecuador) and the Global Forum on Health Research.
Course fee USD30
Scholarship A limited number of scholarships are available. They may cover the travel costs and/or accommodation. Applicants should seek such support from sponsors in their own countries in the first instance.
For further
information

IPHU Coordinator, Dr David Legge
Email: havana@phmovement.org
Internet: http://www.phmovement.org/iphu/en/havana/announce
http://www.phmovement.org/iphu/en/system/files/IPHUHavanaAnnounceBrochureESP.pdf

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Course Title Equity and Health Rights
Institution Cairo: International People's Health University
Country Egypt
Type Certificate / Short Course (up to 3 months)
Topics Public/Global Health: Primary Health Care
Public/Global Health: Human Rights and Ethical Issues
Language English
Location HCM Rajasthan State Institute of Public Administration (Officer's Training School)
Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, Jaipur - (Rajasthan) 302017, INDIA
Tel: +91 (0)141 270 49 50 56
Objectives/
Content
  • learn practical skills and concepts which will enable me to be more effective as an activist in the people's health movement;
  • deepen my understanding of globalisation and the political economy of health;
  • learn more about health services policy; about comprehensive primary health care and about health systems;
  • explore the application of a rights-based approach to health issues;
  • learn about ‘development assistance’ in health and about the politics of ‘health sector reform’;
  • broaden my understanding of the links between the environment and health
  • work through the implications of gender relations in relation to health (and other axes of difference) and acquire new insights, skills and strategies addressing these issues;
  • learn more about the social determinants of health and the role of the health sector in addressing these; and
  • explore the role of meaning and spirituality in activism and social change.
    The program for all of fthe IPHU Short Courses is based on the Peoples Charter for Health (PCH).
Next Beginning have to be announced
Duration 7 days
Participants'
Profile
IPHU short course participants who are enrolled in an MPH and request accreditation of their training as part of their MPH will be required to submit assignments for assessment and will be provided with formal certification regarding the standard of the program and of their achievement.
Course fee Enrolment and tuition fee: $US 150 (Indian Rupees 6000).
Accommodation and meals: $US 150 (Indian Rupees 6000).
Traveling expenses have to be borne by participants or their organisations.
Scholarship Some full and partial scholarships covering travel and/or accommodation, meals and tuition may be available. (Applicants should seek such support from sponsors in their own countries in the first instance.) Applicants for scholarships should secure the endorsement of: at least one person engaged in the PHM organisation at regional or global levels; an organisation with which they have been working.
For further
information

Internet: http://phmovement.org/iphu/en/jaipur

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Course Title The Struggle for Health
Institution Cairo: International People's Health University
Country Egypt
Type Certificate / Short Course (up to 3 months)
Topics Public/Global Health: Primary Health Care
Health Determinants: Social Determinants
Health Determinants: Human Rights and Violence
Health Determinants: Poverty
Language Portugués
Location Porto Alegre, Brazil
Objectives/
Content
The curriculum will include:
  • the struggle for health: achievements, strategies and new directions;
  • working with communities and with grass roots health organisations;
  • comprehensive primary health care: achievements, lessons and new directions;
  • the political economy of health: globalisation, the WTO, the IMF and the WB; local issues and global pressures;
  • the right to health: principles, achievements and new directions;
  • people’s health and the environmental struggle;
  • research: part of the problem and part of the solution;
  • social determinants of health (poverty, oppression and hierarchy; alienation and exclusion; racism and sexism; materialism) and the struggle for health.
Next Beginning have to be announced
Duration 2,5 weeks
Participants'
Profile
Priority, with respect to enrolment, will be given to
-younger people;
-PHC and public health practitioners;
-people with a track record as health activists within the people’s health movement, in particular, people who have been actively involved in organisations which are part of the people’s health movement.
- Applicants should have a university degree although this is not essential.
Course fee  
Scholarship Some full and partial scholarships covering travel and/or accommodation, meals and tuition may be available. (Applicants should seek such support from sponsors in their own countries in the first instance.)
For further
information

Email: porto@phmovement.org
Internet: http://phmovement.org/iphu/en/porto

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Course Title Research Training in Comprehensive Primary Health Care
Institution Cairo: International People's Health University
Country Egypt
Type Certificate / Short Course (up to 3 months)
Topics Public/Global Health: Primary Health Care
Health Research and Methods
Language English
Location India and South Asia Bangalore,
Africa Cape Town, South Africa
Latin America Bogota, Colombia
Adelaide, Australia,
Objectives/
Content
Topis:
  • Introduction to the Revitalisation Project and implications for relationships and patterns of work during the research;
  • About PHC from pre-1978 to Alma-Ata to health sector reform; the politics of PHC and barriers to health development; the People’s Charter for Health; social movements and the PHM;
  • About CPHC and access, equity and the social and environmental determinants of health (conceptual framework); principles and ‘characteristics’ of CPHC;
  • About global and national health systems policy; histories and debates; role of the key actors;
  • About the social and institutional contexts and policy (and management and change) processes; theories of change; social movements; the role of the state; the rights approach;
  • Research methodologies and methods (including recognition of different cultural streams); researching PHC; identifying researchable questions; analysis and writing up;
  • From evidence to action principles; the role of PAR.
Next Beginning 2008
Region 1: India and South Asia Bangalore, India, 13-24 October 2008
Region 2: Africa Cape Town, South Africa, 3-14 November 2008
Region 3: Latin America Bogota, Colombia, 26 September - 7 October 2008
Region 4: Indigenous/Aboriginal peoples in Canada and Australia Adelaide, Australia, 20-31 October 2008
2009 Dates and venues to be determined for all regions
2010 Dates and venues to be determined for all regions
Appl. Deadline March 31st, 2008
Duration 3 years
Participants'
Profile
researcher, the research user and the research mentor.
Structure
  • September – November 2008: Two week training program (see ‘Proposed Venues and Dates for Regional Training Programs’ at end of this Call for Expressions of Interest)
  • October 2008 – November 2010: New funded research studies
  • September – November 2009: First regional meeting and 3 day Training Program
  • September – November 2010: Second regional meeting
  • Sometime in 2011: A global meeting on overall project results (to be determined, based on obtaining new funding)
For further
information

Email: porto@phmovement.org
Internet: Click here or http://phmovement.org/iphu/en/programframe

Last update 23/06/2008 mas
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