Participants pose for the traditional “class photo” during the 9th National PHE Conference in October 2024, Iloilo City.
Join us in the 10th National PHE Conference themed “Equity and Sustainability in Focus: 20 Years of Transformative PHE” on October 8–10, 2025, in Metro Manila (hybrid).
Conference Background
As the PHE Network celebrates its 23rd year, we spotlight how PHE initiatives have transformed national and local economies, created jobs, built resilience and improved the lives of the most vulnerable and remote populations, advancing efforts to reduce poverty and inequalities.
This year’s theme underscores the importance of embedding sustainability into the programming of development work—ensuring equity remains central, especially when addressing the needs of marginalized communities. The integrated PHE approach emphasizes inclusive outreach and engagement strategies that empower key stakeholders to co-develop practical and impactful solutions. Taking sustainability as the best indicator of program success and its value in supporting development, we pay attention to results that show how development goals meet the needs of the present without compromising the status of future generations.
But the questions remain: Are organizations, their allies and the communities they serve prepared to address the challenges of building equitable social and economic environments? What strategies and resources are needed to achieve a just and sustainable world? We invite abstracts that explore these pressing questions and propose or present actionable strategies for achieving equitable and sustainable development.
We specifically invite thought leaders, academics and practitioners to submit abstracts for the 10th National PHE Conference. Priority will be given to submissions from the youth and those that highlight youth empowerment. We welcome submissions that address any of the following sub-themes or related topics:
- PHE best practices focused on navigating climate resilience, equity, and environmental sustainability, including but not limited to initiatives, best practices and lessons learned on implementation, such as the use of PHE baselines in the assessment of socio-economic and environmental status, as well as risks and hazards posed by climate change impacts on access to health and ecosystem services.
- PHE best practices in Asia and Africa, including, but not limited to, actions that are community-based or sector-focused—applying the PHE approach that is replicable and scalable.
- Applying PHE in institutional frameworks to accelerate investments and policy reforms, including, but not limited to, experience-based measures to sustain gains of PHE applications, attracting more funding and resources, leading to better outcomes.
Submission Guidelines
- Group and individual submissions are accepted, and abstracts must align with the conference theme. The abstract must be written in English, and the body should not exceed 300 words (excluding the title, author names and email addresses). The abstract should contain the title, background information, purpose, method, results, conclusion and corresponding theme/topic area. Submissions should be in text format only, without images, tables, graphs or citations. Abstracts must contain unpublished results and should not have been previously published. The PHE Network reserves the right to decline submissions at its sole discretion. All abstracts must be submitted electronically via the Google Forms submission link.
- By submitting an abstract, the author certifies that each listed author has contributed to the study and consents to being included in the organization’s informational and promotional materials on social media. Following notification of acceptance of the abstract, authors will be given time to confirm participation in the conference.
- Approved authors will be notified via email, and accepted participants must pay the registration fee. They will receive an email confirmation with payment details, presentation guidelines, format and schedule. Registration fees are non-refundable in case of withdrawal.
Abstracts may be submitted through this link: https://bit.ly/PHEAbstracts until June 15, 2025 (5 p.m., Manila Time). You may also scan the QR code below. Submissions will be reviewed by the conference scientific committee and notifications about the status of abstract submissions will be sent by July 2025.
For more information about the abstract submission guidelines, you may refer to the Abstract Submission FAQs. If you have any further questions or need anything clarified about abstract submission, you may also send an email to pheinq@gmail.com.
For more general inquiries about the 10th PHE Conference, please contact Dr. Joan Castro via email at jcastro@pfpi.org, cc phesecretariat@gmail.com. We look forward to your participation at the 10th National PHE Conference.
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