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Moi University School of Public Health

Moi University School of Public Health: See details below;

The School of Public Health was established in October 1998 as the Institute of Public Health, initially to offer graduate training. The pioneer class of students, Master of Public Health (MPH) joined in 1999/2000 Academic year. During reorganization in the University in 2005, The BSc. Environmental Health programme was moved from the then faculty of Health Sciences to the School of Public Health. Also three departments were moved to the School then; Environmental Health, Epidemiology & Nutrition and Health Services Management. Since then a number of reviews have been carried out in the programmes offered in recognition of the need for training high level manpower in Public Health. The training programmes of the School have been developed to meet the University’s mission of producing skilled and practical health professionals who will contribute towards the realization of the country’s national goals laid out in The Vision 2030 and the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

As a public health leader, the School bears unique responsibility for research that improves the health of populations and informs policy and programming for effective public health interventions. The goal of our academic programmes is to instill in our students values of lifelong learning, inquiry and public service. The corner stone of our outreach strategy is to engage communities, leaders, professionals and other stakeholders within and beyond the University as partners in the mission of public health.

Roll of Dean’s

Since 1998 the listed Dean’s have served and made significant contribution to the growth of the School.

Prof. Wilson Odero October, 1998 – June, 2005

Prof. Joseph k. Rotich June, 2005 – September, 2007

Dr. Diana Menya September, 2007 – August, 2009

Prof. Peter M. Gatongi August, 2009 – August, 2011

Prof. Grace K. Ettyang August, 2011 – August, 2017

Prof. Mabel Nangami August, 2017 –

Programmes

To advance our excellence in research, education and outreach for preventive and promotive health care requires a diversified academic programme that are market driven. The School has 3 curricula approved by the Commission for University Education (CUE) and 2 under review at the University. These are:

Current CUE approved programmes:

The B.Sc. Environmental Health Programme aims at producing a graduate who will approach environmental health issues with a holistic global perspective and critically analyze problems with a view to integrating theory and practice in the assessment and provision of preventive and promotive health care services.
The Masters of Public Health programme provides learning opportunities to students across the health sciences in public health disciplines, competencies and skills important to their professions. To achieve our vision of being a regional and international centre for excellence in the training, research, practice, research and consultancy in Public Health.
The Master of Science in Field Epidemiology aims to increase epidemiologic workforce capacity in Kenya by training public health professionals with knowledge and skills for enhanced disease surveillance, outbreak investigations and response nationwide. This is a collaborative training with the Ministry

Programmes under review:

Two undergraduate programmes are currently under review at the University

BSc. Human Nutrition which will advance the scientific study of Human Nutrition and its application in the enhancement of human health
BSc. Health Informatics which aims to build capacity in health records management and contribute to better health care delivery.
Departments

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