Department of Public Health

• Excellence in public health decision making and design
• Leadership careers in public health
• Graduate professional public health education
• Advanced study and research in public health
• Diverse and alternative career choices

• Department of public health is one of the department in college of health science and medicine that is engaged in teaching, research and provision of community health service to the society embedded in its innovative educational philosophy of community based education (CBE).
• It is committed to provide outstanding undergraduate, graduate and continuing professional education and training programs that will enable its diverse student body to attain their fullest potential intellectually, ethically, morally and socially and equip them with critical, analytical and imaginative skills they need to face in real life challenges and play an active role in development efforts of the country.
• It is also entrusted with advancement of research and scholarly undertakings that will address current and future problems/needs of the society through creation, preservation, dissemination and application of knowledge and information.
• The department is dedicated to serving the community and society at large through providing of effective and efficient professional and capacity building services and supports through its static and outreach/extension arrangements.
• To reduce mortality, morbidity, disability and improve health status of the people through provision of quality, curative and rehabilitative health service.