October 4, 2023

Full IPPHL Community Convenes for first ever Summit in Nairobi, Kenya

This Summit represents the first ever gathering of more than 150 alumni of the IPPHL program,  representing 29 African countries and spanning all areas of public health. Our Summit theme, “Leadership, Policy, and Action for Resilient Health Systems in Africa” reflects IPPHL’s mission of expanding the policy and leadership acumen of public health leaders to develop and implement lasting public policy solutions and transform health systems.

To date, six cohorts of fellows have completed the program, but the Summit is our first in-person gathering of all cohorts and the first time our all-virtual Cohorts 4 and 5 are convening in person. Over the past year, alumni worked collaboratively with the IPPHL team to plan and develop the Summit agenda in response to your goals. Deep thanks go to all alumni who contributed time and expertise to developing this transformative program.

Over the three days of the Summit, participants deepened relationships across cohorts, built robust networks to deepen impact, and welcomed other global health experts. Together the community co-created a shared strategy for future action to amplify our work to strengthen public health systems and population health and well-being.

The COVID-19 pandemic underlined the critical role of resilient country-level public health systems in supporting the health and security of their populations. The pandemic also underscored the importance of regional and continent-wide strategies for global health security. The growing network of over 150 IPPHL Alumni are well positioned to lead the next generation of public health strategies to build more equitable and resilient health systems across the African continent. 

Watch the short clip below from the Summit, and check back often as the team reports out on this momentous event.