Programme Rationale/ Justification.

Public Health and Primary Health Care is of concern to many developing countries, including Uganda. Inadequate public health maintenance and inspection of public health services has serious health consequences. Most of the existing health services in Uganda and many other developing countries are focused on curative services. Such services are offered after illness and deterioration in health has set in. Curative services are therefore relatively expensive, as they have to address the cure, rehabilitation and management of those who are ill. On the other hand, public health services focus mainly on primary health care, which involves the prevention of disease at individual and community level in the first place. Primary health care is much cheaper to implement.

Whereas there is a massive demand for public health services, there are limited opportunities for training Public Health professionals in the country. The Diploma in Public Health Programme is designed to enhance the national capacity for public and primary health care systems.

Programme Duration.

The Diploma in Public Health will take two years.

Programme Objectives.

The objectives of this programme are to:

  1. Equip the students with knowledge and skills disease prevention.

  2. Train the students with skills in health promotion, prevention and health education.

  3. Teach the students the concepts and science of health protection and improvement of health of people and their communities.

  4. Prepare students for lifelong learning in areas of promoting healthy lifestyles, researching disease and injury prevention, and detecting, preventing and responding to infectious diseases

 Programme Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the programme students should be able to:

Apply the knowledge and skills in disease prevention.

Appreciate the knowledge and skills in disease detection, prevention and control.

Gain confidence and understanding in management of preventable health conditions.

Peruse further studies in understanding of infectious and lifestyle diseases.

Achieve mastery and efficiency in health policy formulation.